❓ Mr Catania questions the Minister for Police regarding the publication of maps allegedly identifying law-abiding firearm owners, given that illegal firearms are responsible for violent crime. The Minister denies publishing such maps.
AnsweredQoN 230Legislative Assembly
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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?
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?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(2) The
answer is that we did not publish maps identifying the locations of law-abiding
citizens who are firearms owners.
answer is that we did not publish maps identifying the locations of law-abiding
citizens who are firearms owners.
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