'Rushed legislation': WA industry responds to firearms report

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Industry figures in Western Australia have spoken out after the final report was released on the controversial Firearms Act 2024. Video by Perri Polson.

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00:00Can I ask a question for all the members of Parliament, not just the Nationals and members of the media,

00:05why weren't we doing this a year ago?

00:06Surely the proper process of Parliament is that we have draft regulations,

00:11the Legislative Committee looks at those regulations,

00:13and then they're changed before they are proclaimed.

00:16And then we don't have to put up with the mess that we've got.

00:19This report that we've seen here today was expected by us.

00:24We're not expecting great things from the government, to be honest with you.

00:27This is rushed legislation.

00:28They seem to have focused largely on the victims of firearms,

00:33the incorrect firearms use and things like that, not the day-to-day.

00:37Firearms use before this legislation kicked in was 90,000 people all over the state.

00:44With every background, every background feasible, every cultural background, every financial background,

00:51the firearms users, by and large, were not a big issue in the state of Western Australia,

00:54and that can be seen through any time stats that you look at.

00:57They're very low.

00:59You

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