Nearly 10,000 firearms and firearm-related items – including 602 handguns and 1575 shotguns – have been surrendered to police and dealers in NSW as part of the National Firearms Amnesty.
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The three-month campaign which ran from July 1 to September 30 also saw 13,729 firearms handed in for registration and 2101 were acquired by dealers.
Mudgee Local Area Command (LAC) had 81 firearms surrendered during the amnesty, compared to 60 in Orana, 275 in the Chifley LAC (Lithgow and Bathurst regions) and 168 in Canobolas (Orange region).
Of the top LACs to receive the most surrendered firearms, firearm-related items and prohibited weapons, nine were in areas outside of metropolitan Sydney. Oxley LAC received the most with 1322 items.
NSW Police Force Deputy Commissioner Regional Field Operations, Gary Worboys, says the response from the community has been overwhelming, especially in regional areas.
“It’s extremely encouraging to see community members recognising the danger posed by these weapons and doing the right thing by handing them in or having them registered,” Deputy Commissioner Worboys said.
“There has been a really strong response across the state which means there are now fewer unwanted or unregistered guns on our streets.
Deputy Commissioner Metropolitan Field Operations, Jeff Loy, said gun crime affects everyone.
“In the wrong-hands, guns are a lethal weapon so it’s pleasing to see people are keen to do the right thing and have used the opportunity to dispose of firearms and other weapons to ensure they don’t end up in the wrong hands,” Deputy Commissioner Loy said.
Surrendered items of interest include 20 SKS assault rifles, eight M1 carbine military self-loading rifles, four sub-machine guns, a Colt AR-15 rifle, a .44 calibre magnum revolver, an Adler 110 shotgun, and a Mauser model 1918 T-Gewehr-Bolt Action anti-tank rifle.
“It’s concerning these high-powered weapons and modified guns were in our community but they have now been destroyed under amnesty arrangements,” Deputy Commissioner Loy said.
Under the amnesty 130 prohibited weapons including 14 crossbows, 27 suppressors, samurai swords, knives, and other edged weapons were also handed in.
Anyone with information concerning gun crime in NSW should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Oxley LAC figure is high due to one person handing in 987 firearm barrels
- Oxley 1322
- Tuggerah Lakes 300
- Northern Beaches 295
- New England 290
- Chifley 275
- Lake Macquarie 266
- Manning Great Lakes 262
- Mid North Coast 252
- The Hume 250
- Shoalhaven 247
- Far South Coast 242
- Coffs/Clarence 240
- Brisbane Water 216
- Richmond 205
- Kuring Gai 201
- Griffith 193
- Penrith 186
- Tweed/Byron 180
- Ryde 170
- Port Stephens 169
- The Hills 169
- Canobolas 168
- Blue Mountains 156
- Central Hunter 154
- Lachlan 153
- Wagga Wagga 152
- Barwon 149
- Miranda 142
- Cootamundra 140
- Monaro 137
- Hawkesbury 136
- Camden 133
- Albury 125
- Sutherland 121
- Newcastle City 118
- St George 112
- Deniliquin 108
- Wollongong 108
- Eastern Beaches 97
- Lake Illawarra 88
- Campbelltown 81
- Mudgee 81
- Harbourside 78
- Hunter Valley 71
- North Shore 68
- Rose Bay 67
- Parramatta 63
- Blacktown 62
- Orana 60
- Darling Rver 58
- St Marys 57
- Burwood 56
- Quakers Hill 56
- Bankstown 53
- Barrier 53
- Mt Druitt 52
- Campsie 43
- Green Valley 41
- Fairfield 40
- Rosehill 40
- Marrickville 36
- Holroyd 33
- Leichhardt 33
- Newtown 32
- Liverpool 29
- Macquarie Fields 28
- Botany Bay 23
- Eastern Suburbs 22
- Ashfield 17
- Castlereagh 11
- Sydney City 8
- Cabramatta 7
- Surry Hills 6
- Flemington 5
- Kings Cross 5
- Redfern 5
