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How Dezi Freeman sparked a sovereign citizen gun ban
14 minutes Posted Oct 8, 2025 at 3:00 pm.
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It’s been more than six weeks since Dezi Freeman allegedly shot and killed two police officers in Victoria and there’s still been no sight of him.
While the manhunt continues, police in Western Australia are taking action, swooping on people in the so-called sovereign citizen movement and confiscating their guns.
Today, Kaz Ross, a researcher into far-right ideology and extremism, on whether other states should be doing the same.
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Kaz Ross, independent researcher into far-right extremism, racism and conspiracy theories