The right to keep secret guns
Subtitle: registering firearms to reduce gun violence
By: Philip Alpers
Publisher: NZ Police Association
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Auckland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Firearms; Law and legislation; Gun control; Firearms and crime
Notes: "July 1997."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-48).
Table of contents: title: Guns in New Zealand : a brief background; title: Firearm policy of the Police Federation of Australia & New Zealand; title: Summary of findings; title: Introduction; title: Firearm registries : our chequered history; title: Gun registration & crime busting (Catching criminals in New Zealand ; Catching criminals in other countries); title: Legal guns used in crime :the myth of the law-abiding gun owner; title: Keeping secret guns : firearms in family violence; title: Private gun sales : keeping a register accurate; title: Success stories : Britain, Australia & Canada; title: What's the cost? : estimates of expenditure & return; title: Privatising the register : just like cars & criminals; title: Selected views in print; title: Conspiracy theories : strong beliefs fuel the resistance; title: Conclusion : a call for registration in New Zealand; title: Appendices (Comparative gun laws in similar Commonwealth countries ; Firearm registration around the world)