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Chifley police are encouraging responsible gun-owners to ensure that they are licenced, and storage facilities comply with the legislation, following a number of firearms being confiscated around Blayney. Senior Constable Sue Rose, Community Liaison/Crime Prevention Officer from the Crime Management Unit in Bathurst, said that it has been becoming more prevalent in the Chifley Command that some firearm owners are not renewing their firearms licences before the expiry date. “You must hold a current firearms licence for the category of firearm in your possession,” she said, “and you must renew this licence before the expiry date of that licence. We are getting more and more requests from the firearms registry to confiscate firearms as a result of licences not being renewed. “If your licence has expired you must hand your firearms into a licenced firearms dealer or the police.” Not only is it a licencing issue, Senior Constable Rose said that it was a matter of security for guns to not only be on the firearms registry, but also to be secured safely. “All firearms must be stored in safe storage facilities and ammunition stored separately,” she said.

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Police raise alarm about firearms