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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 230 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 6 April 2022 by Mr V.A. Catania

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

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.