Firearms Buyback Scheme Hangs over NSW Farmers
Minns said some owners will get less than market value as NSW joins the federal buyback, with farmers and sport shooters capped at 10 guns.
- On Monday, NSW Premier Chris Minns announced the state would join the federal gun buyback scheme, admitting some owners will receive compensation below market value for their firearms.
- First announced following the Bondi Beach terror attack, the initiative is the largest buyback since the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, offering owners between $450 and $1000 per weapon.
- Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane labeled the policy a "very expensive solution to the wrong problem," while Nationals member Sarah Mitchell argued owners remain thousands of dollars out of pocket.
- Minns defended the policy on Thursday, confirming a "special exemption" allows farmers and sporting shooters to hold 10 firearms, noting he "wanted to reduce the net number of guns."
- Declaring he is willing to make the buyback an election issue, Minns stated, "Were not going to change the policy," signaling the government will not alter its compensation schedule.
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