Hon. Louise Kingston asks the Minister for Police about the number of firearms licensed in WA, both as of October 2023 and the present day, broken down by category. The Minister states a response will be provided the following day due to time constraints.

AnsweredQoN 590Legislative Council
Asked
29 May 2024
Portfolio
Police

QuestionView source ↗

FIREARMS BILL 2024
590. Hon LOUISE KINGSTON to the minister representing the
Minister for Police:
I refer to the Firearms Bill 2024
and the reforms that were announced on 16 October 2023.
(1) What was the total number of
firearms licensed in Western Australia as at October 2023?
(2) Of those, how many were registered to the following
categories as at October 2023 —
(a) category A;
(b) category B;
(c) category C;
(d) category D;
(e) category E; and
(f) category H?
(3) What is the total number of
firearms licensed in Western Australia as of today?
(4) Referring to (3), how many are
registered to the following categories —
(a) category A;
(b) category B;
(c) category C;
(d) category D;
(e) category E; and
(f) category H?
That was hard to say!

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the member for some notice
of the question. Noting how difficult the honourable member said that was to say, I think somebody who lodges the member's
questions on her behalf changed the ''a'' to ''1''
and the ''b'' to 2 so that it reads differently.
However, the Western Australia
Police Force advises that it is not possible to provide an answer within the
required time frames. The response will be provided to the honourable member
tomorrow.

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