Response from Shooters Union President, Graham Park… “Roland, Roland, Roland. Oh, Roland. Another day, another disaster for Gun Control Australia. Back in 2013 you were invited to provide advice to the Tasmanian Police Minister. You declined. 2013 – Gun Control Australia spokesman Roland Browne says “he had considered joining the committee until he found out about confidentiality agreements. “I wasn’t ...

Changes include doubling gun licence durations and abolishing mandatory removal of weapons for minor storage breaches. The Tasmanian Liberal government has quietly promised shooters it plans changes to soften the state’s gun laws that would put it at odds with an updated National Firearms Agreement released last year. The commitments, made in a letter to a firearms consultation group on ...

Here’s a little trap for the unwary. A handgun licence holder has advised us he was recently broken into and his firearms, 13 rifles and 4 pistols, stolen. He was storing all of his firearms in a safe weighing 410 kg bare, not bolted down because he considered the weight of the safe to be sufficient in itself, according to ...

WHEN someone proposes a solution to a problem that does not exist, you can suspect they have an agenda. The recent mail-out to Tasmania’s 38,000 shooters about the storage of firearms requirements fall into this category. Last year, the Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management released the regulatory impact statement and draft regulations about the changes. The impact statement ...

Changes to firearms storage in Tasmania will not reduce crime, according to the Tasmanian Shooters and Fishers Party. Members of the party have spoken out against the changes, which are expected to come into effect in December. They are instead calling for tougher penalties for gun theft in the state. SFP Tasmania committee member Matthew Allen said the new regulations would ...

1. Introduction 1.1 The purpose of this document is to provide comment and information in relation to the Draft Firearms Amendment Regulations 2017 as it applies to Shooters Union members in Tasmania. 1.2 Author – Jan Linsley, Shooters Union Australia Inc 2. Intended Audience Legislation Development Review Services, Tasmanian Police The Honourable Rene Hidding – Minister for Police and Emergency ...

1. Introduction 1.1 The purpose of this document is to provide comment and information in relation to the review of Schedule 1 as it applies to Shooters Union members in Tasmania. 1.2 Author – Jan Linsley, Shooters Union Australia Inc 2. Intended Audience Firearms Services -Tasmanian Police The Honourable Marinus Hidding – Minister for Police and Emergency Management. Members and ...