Queensland will be left with “the weakest guns laws in Australia”, according to gun control advocates, after the premier rejected increased limits on the number or type of firearms that people can own.
On Monday, David Crisafulli and the police minister, Dan Purdie, announced what they called the second part of a three-part policy response to the Bondi shootings.
Under the proposed changes to be introduced to parliament on Tuesday, only Australian citizens will be able to obtain a gun licence, with Purdie saying there would be some exceptions for “sporting shooters and for work, businesses [and] primary producers”.
He said the
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