❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks a breakdown of registered firearms by category and license type, as well as the number stored at private residences. The Minister confirms the policy announcement considered this data.
AnsweredQoN 744Legislative Council
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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).?
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Answered
14 June 2022
Responded by
Minister for Emergency Services representing the Minister for Police
Response time
8 days
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.
(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.
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