FIREARMS OWNERSHIP
230. Mr V.A. CATANIA to the Minister for Police:
I refer to the comments made by
Assistant Commissioner Brad Royce in 2021 —
''When you look at the
violence that we're seeing at a growing rate in Perth � you see that
the firearms they use are not licensed firearms �
(1) Given that it
is illegal firearms, not registered ones, that are responsible for violent
crime, why did the minister publish maps identifying the location of
law-abiding firearm owners?
(2) How has the publishing of maps
made Western Australians safe?
Mr P. PAPALIA replied:
(1)–(2) The
answer is that we did not publish maps identifying the locations of law-abiding
citizens who are firearms owners.