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LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY - Signing ePetition - Proportionate, Evidence-based and Consultative firearms policy

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Proportionate, Evidence-based and Consultative firearms policy

To the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly, the petitioners state that: Licensed firearms owners in New South Wales are subject to rigorous background checks, ongoing compliance requirements, and strict regulatory oversight. Following acts of violence in Bondi which involved firearms, statements made in public discourse have, at times, created an implication that licensed firearms ownership or firearms legislation is connected to terrorism or extremist terrorist activity. Such implications risk misleading the public, undermining evidence-based policy debate, and unfairly associating law-abiding citizens with criminal, extremist or terrorist conduct they do not engage in and actively reject. Law abiding firearms owners support stronger oversight of terrorist and criminal activities and we support stronger penalties for terrorist and criminal acts. The petitioners therefore request that the Legislative Assembly: 1. Refrain from classifying, describing, or regulating licensed, law-abiding firearms owners in a manner that associates them with terrorism or extremist activity; and 2. Ensure that firearms policy and legislation is proportionate, evidence-based, and clearly distinguishes licensed firearms owners from criminal or terrorist actors.

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