Its Chair is Samantha Lee and Vice President is Roland Browne, both are lawyers who have volunteered in the area of gun control for over ten years.
There was a Gun Control Australia (GCA) based in Victoria that was formed by an activist named John Crook, who from the late 1970s wrote articles and made presentations challenging the basis of private firearms ownership.
In 1981, Mr Crook used the public concern from the killing of two girls in separate crimes in 1981,[citation needed] and with the support of the victims' parents formed "The Council to Control Gun Misuse".
This group was augmented by John Crook, who had been active in gun control ever since the Bacsa shooting, Jim Williams, a former shooter, and Carolyn Worth, a women's rights activist.
One result of these meetings was the publication of Gun Control Review (ISSN 1032-674x) in Ballarat by Jim Williams and Peter Baird.