Therefore, the harder it is to access and safer it is to use....the better for everyone
Please tell me how this will stop the criminals???
The laws introduced will really only affect the average law abiding user of firearms.
Here's and example of why it is a bad and unfair law:
Abdullah (not his real name) has a shooters license and buys a .38/.357 cal rifle and uses it regularly at the local range/hunting club.
Abdullah also has dodgy biker friends who deal in dodgy .38/.357 revolvers that have been stolen/imported illegally.
Abdullah then buys a couple of extra boxes of ammo each time he applies for a permit, which are then onsold to the bikers. Ammo is not traceable, has no serial numbers etc etc.
OR
Abdullah just goes on a weekend trip to Vic or Qld and buys what he wants.
How then have the new laws done a cracker??? They haven't!! It is just a penalty on the NSW shooters. An new tax on people in general who have done nothing wrong.