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Over the past three months of the NSW Police Force Firearms Amnesty only 20 weapons were surrendered locally, a number which is far below last year’s amnesty. Locally there were 150 firearms which were surrendered during the same amnesty period last year. The National Firearms Amnesty ran from July 1, 2018 until September 30, 2018. READ ALSO: Police warn drivers to slow down in the wet weather “We are disappointed, however we hope this is due to the number handed in last year,” Young Police Station Sergeant Paul Colefax said. “We are always pleased with firearms being pulled out from under cupboards and sheds as it is all too easy for them to get into the wrong hands.” Sergeant Colefax is hopeful that the number of surrendered weapons in the second year of the amnesty is due to the number of unregistered weapons that were handed in during the first year of the program, but reminds locals that it is never too late to surrender firearms or register weapons. “Anyone with any firearms unregistered or otherwise can call the Young Police Station and organise to surrender the firearm to police,” Sergeant Colefax said. “There is also a process if anyone would like to register any currently unregistered firearms.” READ ALSO: Open gardens this weekend Anyone wishing to surrender or organise to register a firearm is asked to contact Young Police Station on 63828199 and organise a time with officers to come in. All guns need to be safely disarmed with any ammunition stored separately. Over the three month period in 2017 there was a total of nearly 10,000 firearms and firearm-related items including 602 handguns and 1575 shotguns surrendered to police and firearm dealers in NSW. There were also 13,729 firearms which were handed in for registration. Last year some of the surrendered firearms nationally included SKS assault rifles, M1 carbine military self-loading rifles, 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. For further information contact Young Police Station on 63828199.

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