A WA parliamentary question seeks detailed information on the reasons for firearm licence removals, focusing on the role of prior convictions and the timeframe of relevant events. The Minister provides specific numbers related to the reasons for licence removal.

AnsweredQoN 200Legislative Council
Asked
27 May 2025
Portfolio
Police

QuestionView source ↗

I refer to the Minister
for Police’s response to Dorothy Dix question without notice 133 in the Legislative
Assembly, on 22 May 2025, on the Government’s opaque firearm
laws, and of the 224 cases involving the removal of firearms on the basis of fitness
to hold, and I ask: (a) what were the most common reasons for which the licence owners were deemed unfit to hold a licence; (b) for how many of the 224 cases was the fitness to hold determined by previous convictions under the Criminal Code Act ; (c) in reference to (b), how many of these were not defined as serious offences; (d) for how many of the 224 cases was the fitness to hold determined by previous convictions under the Weapons Act ; (e) in reference to (d), how many of these were not defined as serious offences; (f) for how many of the 224 cases was the fitness to hold determined by previous convictions under the Misuse of Drugs Act ; (g) in reference to (f), how many of these were not defined as serious offences; (h) for how many of the 224 cases was the fitness to hold determined by previous convictions under the Firearms Act ; (i) in reference to (h), how many of these were not defined as serious offences; and (j) in how many cases were the events that were used to determine the licence holder being unfit: (i) occurred between 1 January 2023 and 2025 to date; (ii) occurred between 2020 and 2022 inclusive; (iii) occurred between 30 December 2019 and 10 years ago; (iv) occurred between 10 and 20 years ago; and (v) occurred more than 20 years ago?

AnswerView source ↗

Answered
12 August 2025
Responded by
Minister for the Environment representing the Minister for Police
Response time
9 days
(a)   Criminal History.
(b)  56.
(c)   10.
(d)  6.
(e)   6.
(f)   32.
(g)  10.
(h)  42.
(i)    37.
(j)
(i)    206.
(ii)  10.
(iii)  4.
(iv)  4.
(v)   0.

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