Tougher security requirements for Tasmanians storing guns at home are expected to feature in a raft of amendments to the state's gun laws.

It follows revelations from police that 250 firearms have been stolen in Tasmania in the past year, one sixth of the national total, despite the state having only 2 per cent of the population.

Police have also revealed they are investigating the state's firearms database and licensing process after the spike in gun crime.

It comes just days after another shooting in the north and the theft of 15 firearms in a home burglary in Hobart.

Police say it is a coincidence some thefts have occurred around the same time information was entered into its new database, introduced in June.

Assistant Police Commissioner Donna Adams says there is nothing to indicate changes need to be made.

"We've proactively conducted a review of all the steps that take place to actually get a licence renewed and at the moment we're confident that those processes have appropriate security mechanisms throughout the chain," she said.

As part of a national crackdown earlier this year, police netted 29 illegal guns in two weeks.

In the latest incident, 15 registered firearms were stolen from a safe during a home burglary on the eastern shore on Saturday night.

The draft legislation includes harsher penalties for people caught in possession of illegal, unregistered or stolen firearms.

Police Minister David O'Byrne says the bill to be tabled within a few weeks will also target people not storing them legally.

Assistant Commissioner Adams wants gun owners to consider the security of their firearms.

"Please have a look at your storage facility, I'd like you to consider where you've got spare keys and the keys to your safe, "she said.

"I'd also like you to consider how visible your storage facility is to other visitors of your residence and if your facility is out in the open I'd like you to consider making some other arrangements."

Gun control lobbyists impatient for change

The Gun Control Australia's Roland Browne says he will believe the government's timeframe for change, when he sees the legislation.

"The Minister's said that probably three or four times now over the last year," he said.

"The review started in 2010, it's about time the Minister gets cracking and certainly it would be good to see something produced after all this time."

Mr Browne is already questioning whether the legislation goes far enough, saying all guns stored at home should have electronic monitoring systems.

Tasmania has one of the highest levels of legal gun ownership in the country.

There are 126,000 licensed guns in the state, but potentially thousands more are unlicensed.

Nearly half the stolen firearms recovered by police nationally have never been registered.