Guns in Australia are legal, although anyone wanting to get hold of them have to go through a fairly rigorous barrage of tests in order to get a license. This new piece of law is not expected to do much beyond close a loophole that could have the potential to enable the creation of illicit firearms. In addition, given the enormous difficulty of policing anything in the digital space, it may be nigh-impossible to be certain that any file is being possessed by an individual. In many ways, the act simply affirms the existing government position on guns: you can own them, but only if you avoid acting like a fool with them.

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