Question On Notice No. 744 asked in the Legislative Council on 11 May 2022 by Hon James Hayward
Question Directed to the: Minister for Emergency Services representing the Minister for Police
Parliament: 41 Session: 1
Question
I refer to the 349,000 individual firearms owned by Western Australians mentioned in the Minister's media release of 22 March 2022, and I ask:
(a) how many individual firearms are registered under the following categories:
(i) category A;
(ii) category B;
(iii) category C;
(iv) category D;
(v) category E; and
(vi) category H;
(b) how many individual firearms are registered to:
(i) commercial carriers and warehouseman license holders;
(ii) dealers, repairers and manufacturers license holders;
(iii) corporate and shooting gallery license holders; and
(iv) collectors license holders;
(c) how many individual firearms are stored at private residential properties; and
(d) can the Minister confirm the policy announcement at 22 March 2022 press conference considered the detailed data requested in questions (a) to (c).?
Answered on 14 June 2022
The Western Australian Police Force advise:
(a) (i) 194 134, (ii) 107 284, (iii) 8 258, (iv) 236, (v) 9 910, (vi) 32 366
(b) (i) Not applicable, (ii) 49 888*, (iii) 7 430*, (iv) 1 4867*
(c) 280 003**
(d) Yes.
Note:
1. Statistics are provisional and subject to revision.
2. * The data in (b) is a duplication of (a) which is specific to these licence types and is not additional firearms.
3. ** The data in (c) includes all storage of firearms, as the process of separating out corporate storage from residential storage is a manual process and would require extensive time and resources to achieve.