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The NSW liberals are pledging to halt the state's gun buyback scheme and scrap ownership limits for farmers if elected next year. NSW was the first state to sign up to the national scheme promised after the Bondi terror attack a move originally supported by the party. Today, the state's police minister labelled the liberals' change in position, a "stunning backflip".

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00:02Walking on stage to walk back their support.
00:06Our support was conditional and we have come up with a better plan that will keep our streets safer.
00:13The Liberals today accusing Labor of rushing gun reforms it originally supported through Parliament last year in the wake of
00:21the Bondi tear attack.
00:22We don't take guns off farmers, we take them off the crooks.
00:25But you have a Labor government that apparently is blaming farmers for this organised criminal activity and that's not good
00:32enough.
00:33If elected, the coalition will scrap ownership caps for farmers and freeze the state's gun buyback scheme set to begin
00:40in November,
00:41proposing a commission of inquiry into firearms legislation while it's halted.
00:46It's a move that's being labelled by the government as a desperate attempt to gain traction.
00:51Well we know that One Nation wants weaker gun laws, now the Liberals and Nationals are following them down that
00:57road.
00:57These gun laws were part of what the Parliament agreed should be the response and that was the position of
01:03the opposition.
01:04Last December's terrorist attack led to a raft of firearms reforms which included licensing and ownership rules as well as
01:12limits on the number of guns a person can own.
01:15The Liberals' new approach has been welcomed by some.
01:19They've obviously been listing to us that the current buybacks are unfair and the current conditions on firearms are unworkable
01:27for farmers.
01:28There's been extensive consultation about the implementation of the gun buyback.
01:34Of course we're always open to more feedback.
01:37A gun debate now fracturing the bipartisan response that followed Bondi ahead of the election.
01:45I'm getting injured from the
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