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Victoria. 2015 ‘Number of Firearms Found during Police Searches.’ Victoria Police Annual Report 2014-2015, p. 112. Melbourne: Victoria Police. 8 October

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Firearms Act 1996 (Section 153C)

The Chief Commissioner of Police must provide to the Minister for inclusion in the Annual Report of Operations under Part 7 of the Financial Management Act 1994 a report containing…

b) Number and type of firearms, cartridge ammunition, silencers and prescribed items found during the course of those searches [searches without warrant under section 149 conducted during that financial year]

Firearms found: 2013-14 - 2014-15
Rifle: 1 - 6
Air rifle/gun: 0 - 1
Shotgun: 6 - 2
Handgun: 0 - 4
Machine Gun: 0 - 0
Sawnoff Firearm: 0 - 6
Imitation Firearm: 0 - 8
Cartridge Ammunition: 7 - 6
Other Firearm: 3 - 9

TOTAL: 17 - 42

[Total of firearms calculated by GunPolicy.org: 2013-14: 10; 2014-15: 36]

[Editor's note: Firearms Act 1996, Section 153C on mandatory annual reports of the Chief Commissioner of Police]

ID: Q11651

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