GUN owners should not have details of their firearms listed with authorities, according to Victorian Shooters Fishers and Farmers MP Daniel Young.

Mr Young called for the Firearms Registry, administered by Victoria Police, to be abolished after a recent “human error” at the State’s Game Management Authority exposed confidential information of more than 8000 hunters.

The GMA information and the Firearms Registry are not linked, but the Northern Victorian MP said the breach showed how easy it is was for sensitive information to potentially be leaked.

Mr Young said there was no reason for law-abiding gun owners to have their personal information collected.

“It does nothing. There’s never been a crime solved using the gun registry,” Mr Young said.

“It’s just a shopping list of the people who own guns ... I don’t want anyone to know what I own, where I live and what’s in my gun safe.”

Mr Young said there were more than 200,000 licensed shooters in Victoria and it was likely most were listed as firearm owners on the registry.

“We don’t think the benefits justify the cost of running the registry; actually there are no benefits as far as we’re concerned,”

“Canada recently abolished its registry of long arms, and New Zealand, as far as I know, doesn’t have one.”

Last week it was revealed confidential details of 8709 hunters were shared on up to eight occasions last year.

Police Minister Lisa Neville said the Government had no plans to change the register.

“The register has been an important part of Victoria’s firearms laws since 1983, designed to improve public safety,” she said.