Weapons forum exclusion forces firearms dealers into strike action

By Sally Cripps
Updated August 29 2016 - 3:32pm, first published 12:30pm
Taking stock: Police stations around the state will have an extra 20,000 weapons transfer transactions to process when firearms dealers stop doing the work.
Taking stock: Police stations around the state will have an extra 20,000 weapons transfer transactions to process when firearms dealers stop doing the work.

Queensland’s licensed firearm dealers have voted to ‘strike’, and force police to shoulder the processing of up to 20,000 firearm transfers a year, over what they see as a blank refusal by the state government to consult with industry about excessive red tape and regulations.

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