❓ Hon Tjorn Sibma requested de-identified data on firearm licenses and registered firearms by postcode/LGA. The Police Force provided the total number of firearms and firearm licenses in WA.
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Please provide in tabular form personally de-identified information which shows by postcode/Local Government Area, the number of current firearm licence holders and the number of firearms registered?
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Answered
12 March 2024
Responded by
Minister for Emergency Services representing the Minister for Police
Response time
4 days
The Western Australia Police Force advise 362,701 firearms and 91,271 firearm licences.
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