Tasmanian farmers will not be disappointed if controversial gun law changes which came to light on the eve of the March state election do not become reality, their peak body says.

The Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association (TFGA) is calling the proposed changes "just a wish list".

If they do not get through Parliament "that's just life", says president Wayne Johnston.

The Liberals said the policy to relax firearms laws was aimed at sporting shooters and helping farmers do their jobs by allowing greater access to Category C firearms, such as self-loading rifles and pump-action shotguns.

The changes would also allow some licence holders access to silencers and extend gun licence duration.

The policy was circulated to interest groups including farmers, but only came to public light on the day before the state election.

After widespread outrage, including from Port Arthur massacre survivors, the Government effectively handballed consultation on the proposed changes, saying it would support an Upper House inquiry.

Mr Johnston said while farmers need the laws changed, he regarded the Liberals' policy as just a review.

Wayne Johnston says farmers will not be disappointed if the end result does not resemble the current policy. ( Rose Grant )

"What was produced for the media, what the Government put out, was a wish list I guess, to look at," Mr Johnston said.

He said the TFGA would not be disappointed if the end result did not resemble the current policy.

"I mean, we've put our points of view forward and if you have good debate about things and the will of the government doesn't go the way that we may want it to, then that's democracy, I suppose," Mr Johnston said.

"At the end of the day, we can only put our views forward for the betterment of Tasmanian agriculture and if that's not what gets up, then that's not what gets up.

"If it doesn't get up, it's doesn't get up. That's just life I'm afraid."

Since the March election, the Government has appeared to weaken its stance on the policy, with Deputy Premier Jeremy Rockliff saying on Tuesday it was "open when it comes to the proposal" and understood there was widespread community concern.

On Wednesday, Premier Will Hodgman said the proposed changes were government policy.

"It's a policy that we will consult on extensively," Mr Hodgman said.

Andrew Judd, from the Tasmanian branch of the Sporting Shooters Association of Australia, said he understood why the Government was supporting an Upper House inquiry.

"They would have to go before the Upper House anyway, before they get passed as law," Mr Judd said.

He believes the Government is committed to the changes.

"They're all proposed changes, and we live in a democratic society, and if the changes don't get through, we'd accept that those changes weren't approved by the parliamentary process."

Roland Browne says the community could have done without the angst the changes have created. ( ABC News: David Hudspeth )

Gun Control Australia vice-chair Roland Browne asked why the Government was pushing the changes if farmers were not that concerned by the outcome.

"People are upset at this secretive arrangement that the Government entered into with the Farmers and Graziers, and it's something the community could've done without," Mr Browne said.

He said he wanted the Liberals to bring their policy to Parliament for debate.

"I'd be very interested to see how they justify this policy, rather than shuffling it through to an Upper House inquiry. I really would like to see the Premier stand by what he said before the election."