Newspaper items used in the compilation of this issue outline (see also the Web Links / Internet Information section)
NOTE: Items indexed from The Age are often syndicated in other Fairfax newspapers. Thus, the hyperlink below an Age item may lead to the same item on another Fairfax publication's website.The Age: September 8, 2012, Good Weekend magazine insert, page 17, analysis (photos - ref to pig shooters at Wilcannia and their outlook on life, death and religion) by Jack Marx, `A Christian shooting party'.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/a-christian-shooting-party-20120903-2593n.html
Herald-Sun: October 1, 2012, page 24, editorial, `Time out on guns'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/time-out-on-guns/story-e6frfhqo-1226484863138
The Australian: November 24, page 3, news item by Imre Salusinszky, `Howard sticks to his guns'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/howard-sticks-to-his-guns-on-law/story-fn59niix-1226523101580
Herald-Sun: December 20, 2012, page 30, comment by Charlie Bezzina, `Our gun laws stand with the world's best'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/charlie-bezzina-argues-us-gun-control-measures-could-look-to-australian-policy-as-an-example/story-fnat7a38-1226540613295
The Australian: December 19, 2012, page 7, news item by Salusinszky and Schliebs, `Fears review will lessen state's grip on guns'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/one-of-the-aims-of-the-nsw-guns-review-will-be-to-remove-unnecessary-regulations/story-e6frgczx-1226539998074
The Age: January 15, 2013, page 11, comment (with Spooner cartoon) by Andrew Leigh, `Guns policy saving lives'.
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/guns-policy-saving-lives-20130114-2cpny.html
The Age: January 24, 2013, page 1, news item (ref to Australian manufacturer) by Dan Oakes, `Assault guns made here'.
http://www.smh.com.au/national/assault-guns-made-here-20130123-2d7jx.html
The Australian: January 18, 2013, page 4, news item by Imre Salusinszky, `Gun laws made us safer, Howard tells US'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/gun-laws-made-us-safer-howard-tells-us/story-fn59niix-1226556148017
The Age: January 18, 2013, page 12, editorial (on American reaction to school massacre), `Seizing the moment and the national mood'.
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/editorial/seizing-the-moment-and-the-national-mood-20130117-2cw1r.html
Herald-Sun: January 19, 2013, page 30, comment by Ed Gannon, `Local laws hit the mark'.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/local-laws-on-firearm-ownership-hit-the-mark/story-e6frfhqf-1226556987502
The Age: January 19, 2013, page 6, news item by Ireland and Hall, `Gillard hits back over gun imports'.
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/gillard-hits-back-over-gun-imports-20130118-2cysz.html
The Australian: January 30, 2013, page 1, news item by Dan Box, `Islamic leaders join war on guns'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/islamic-leaders-join-war-on-guns/story-e6frgczx-1226564617268
The Australian: January 30, 2013, page 9 analysis by Dan Box, `The merchants of death'.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/the-merchants-of-death/story-e6frg6z6-1226564559935