Significats de licence firearms en anglès

The bill also includes provisions to enable health practitioners to notify police if they have concerns about a licence firearms owner's health or wellbeing.

Council of Licenced Firearms Owners secretary Nicole McKee said she was shocked by the figures.

Police said a few licenced firearms owners were essentially acting as brokers and some legal guns were being modified.

The police are asking licenced firearms owners to provide contact details, but many gunowners believe their email request is a scam.

The timeline shocked Council of Licenced Firearms Owners chairman Paul Clark who said he had expected oral submissions would run for several days.

Council of Licenced Firearms Owners secretary Nicole McKee said the stories they were hearing had prompted consideration of a complaint to the police.

The police are urging licenced firearms owners to provide contact details, and reassuring recipients that their request by email is not a scam.