The federal government has announced plans for a national firearms register, almost three decades on from the Port Arthur massacre that saw the country's gun laws drastically changed.
A supplied image showing firearms seized by NSW Firearms Registry, State Crime Command’s Raptor Squad and the State Intelligence Unit The federal government has announced plans for a national firearms register, almost three decades on from the Port Arthur massacre that saw the country's gun laws drastically changed. Some $160 million will be spent across four years on what Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says will be aimed at increasing community and police safety even further.
And like the original firearms agreement, the national gun register also has broad federal bipartisan support."This has been something that we have been working on for a long time. And the fact that all states and territories have come on board is very welcome.""Obviously we'd love it to be in place tomorrow but it's getting the systems together from each state and territory and being able to bring those systems together nationally - and that takes time.
"In different jurisdictions they've begun to chip away at the laws. And also some of the gaps that were originally there have become more apparent."In remarks given on the 25th anniversary of the Port Arthur massacre, the former Prime Minister said there have been no significant changes, and support for strong and significant gun laws remains as strong as ever.
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