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• Firearms owners and businesses call for clarity on state and federal reforms and Roy Butler MP launches a petition seeking flexibility on firearm registrations.
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Firearm frustration as state and federal gun law reforms continue to confuse

11/07/2026 by The Coonamble Times

While the NSW Government has released new gun law reforms which began on 1 July, a local gun shop owner is still waiting for the federal government to call the next shot on their controversial Gun Buy Back scheme.

Four Barrels Firearms and Outdoors owner Nick Jackson said the double-barreled combination of state and federal reforms has made his job and his customers' licensing "extremely painful."

"The lack of movement has left us in the dark."

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese moved towards a new gun buyback scheme after the terror attack on . . .


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• Firearms owners and businesses call for clarity on state and federal reforms and Roy Butler MP launches a petition seeking flexibility on firearm registrations.

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