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Farid Farid

Gun numbers grow in decades since Port Arthur massacre

The number of firearms has grown in Australia in the decades since the Port Arthur massacre. (Joe Castro/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's number of registered firearms is 25 per cent higher since the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, a report reveals.

More than four million guns are owned by civilians nationwide equating to one for every seven Australians, according to an Australia Institute study published on Wednesday.

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