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More than a quarter of a million guns will be surrendered and destroyed under the largest gun buyback in NSW for three decades, with the first weapons to be handed over to police before the first anniversary of the Bondi Beach terror attack.

But in a departure from the terms offered by John Howard’s globally recognised post-Port Arthur scheme, tens of thousands of owners will not be offered market value compensation for their handguns, shotguns and rifles, setting the scene for a renewed backlash from the shooting…

Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU