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Simon Crowther

I put in an oral submission in Wellington last Thursday 30th. I was allowed five minutes to present a complex subject.

I was talking about Australia's gun smuggling problem and how because of this, strict firearms laws hadn't helped with gun crime. These weapons are sold on the Dark Internet and so being trained as a Systems Engineer, I decided to have a look and what I found was frightening: all types of guns, rocket launchers, grenades, Semtex and much else besides.

This is a very serious international problem problem and yet our government is wasting valuable time and resources on sportsman and law abiding, licensed firearms owners: good luck with that one, they'll have some awkward questions to answer after the next terrorist attack. I'm very certain it'll be a case of when not if unfortunately.

Even David Seymour was skeptical, the trouble is I think our politicians and academics are frighteningly naive.

Rather than bore you with the live feed of my presentation, here are some Youtube videos and documentaries that you may find interesting. All along people thought I was giving an opinion, I certainly was not, I tried to show them fifteen pages of illegal suppliers and provide insights into sophisticated criminal networks, all in five minutes. Oh well! At least I tried.


"Australia's gun smuggling problem" https://youtu.be/jcvdJc3u_OQ


Weapons Dark Web Links https://www.thedarkweblinks.com/page/11/

"Exploring the Dark Web (Guns, Drugs, Chat rooms) part 1"

https://youtu.be/HNxk6RORqfM

"Buying Guns and Drugs on the Deep Web (Documentary)"

https://youtu.be/HJOSm9Bg7WY

"Dark Web Makes Illegal Drug, Gun Purchases Hard To Trace"
CBS
https://youtu.be/5KBR6Ey-h5c


"Killer Facts: The scale of the global arms trade"

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2017/09/killer-facts-the-scale-of-the-global-arms-trade/

"13 Biggest Illegal Businesses Around the World"

https://www.rankred.com/10-biggest-illegal-businesses-around-the-world/