‘Stunning backflip’: NSW opposition criticised for pledge to scrap gun buyback scheme if elected

Liberals’ vow to scrap firearm ownership caps criticised by NSW police minister Yasmin Catley, who says plan would leave more guns in circulation The New South Wales opposition plans, if elected next year, to freeze the state’s gun buyback scheme and unwind key firearms restrictions introduced after the Bondi beach terror attack .

NSW will become the first state to undertake Australia’s biggest gun buyback in 30 years, with the scheme set to begin on 2 November, providing compensation to licence holders for firearms under new ownership limits and the reclassification of certain weapons.

Read the original report at The Guardian.