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Gun Politics Task Force is a task force of WikiProject Politics. The task force aims to improve articles related to gun politics. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page.

The Gun politics task force aims to coordinate, expand and improve Wikipedia's coverage of topics broadly related to governmental regulation of firearm ownership. Examples of items within this scope include:

• Legislation such as Firearms policy in the United Kingdom
• Lobbying and advocacy groups such as NRA and Brady Campaign
• Mass shootings such as Port Arthur massacre (Australia)
• Firearms with a connection to these topics such as Ruger Mini-14

• Develop best practices for applying Wikipedia policies, guidelines and consensus to articles within the scope of Gun politics
• Improve neutral coverage of gun crimes in related articles
• Practical work in relation to the scope.

You can become a member by adding your name to the list below.

• Dlthewave
• Ｔｏｍ
• MrX
• K.e.coffman
• BullRangifer
• Krapenhoeffer
• Lightningboltz03
• Fluous
• Tomwsulcer
• HiLo48
• FormalDude

• Guidelines for sources should be discussed and policy found. Gunlaws articles f.e. should prefer sources, based on original publications from the country’s. --Ｔｏｍ (talk) 20:23, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Add project banner to all related articles
  • Firearm
  • Handgun
  • Rifle
• Add GA/FA Showcase

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Gun politics articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FL				1			1
GA			1	2		3	6
B	1	4	3	15		10	33
C	2	6	12	23		27	70
Start	1	6	2	21		43	73
Stub			3	12		6	21
List			3	9		6	18
Category					68		68
Project					2		2
Redirect					3		3
Template					20		20
NA					1		1
Assessed	4	16	24	83	94	95	316
Unassessed						2	2
Total	4	16	24	83	94	97	318
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 882			Ω = 4.34

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Category:Gun politics task force articles

• RfC: Second Amendment sanctuary
• M1911 pistol - Criminal use
• AR-15 style rifle - Weapon of choice in the media

• Reliable sources noticeboard - "By the media" qualification

• Reliable sources noticeboard - RfC: Wound characteristics of military-style rifles

• Colt AR-15 - RfC: Port Arthur Massacre (Closed with "consensus for inclusion" 14 May 2018)
• RfC: Coverage of mass shootings in firearms articles (See RfC for close; 4 April 2018)
• Noticeboard: Crime, guns and due weight

• Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gun control (2014)

• 2022 Raleigh shooting

• Improvement and fact check for Port Arthur massacre (Australia)
  • Additional Literature:
    • Simon Chapman: Over Our Dead Bodies: Port Arthur and Australia's Fight for Gun Control, ISBN 1743320310 (275 Pages),(read online)
  • Improvement in the article => fact check in little steps. --Ｔｏｍ (talk) 17:40, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Improvement and fact check for Gun laws in Australia
  • Problems seen so far:
    • the article has grown over the years and needs to be restructured.
    • the article contains more "side by side" info than concentrated info according to the lemma.
    • the article is incomplete and outdated concerning the laws and changes
    • a section off Major players in gun politics in Australia Federal government needs to be checked. Infos concerning "A TANGLED WEB OF POLICE CORRUPTION " (see lit above) is missing.
  • Improvement in the article => fact check in little steps. --Ｔｏｍ (talk) 18:22, 11 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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• ATF CRIME GUN TRACE REPORTS (1999) National Report online
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