The manufacturer of the controversial Adler shotguns says they sped up promotion videos for the gun on YouTube because it looks better.
Mr Hamza Tarip, the General Manager of Adler in Turkey, says the gun they want to export to Australia is not capable of firing as rapidly as thought in Australia.
"We deliberately speeded up our promotion videos on YouTube," he told SBS.
Tarip refused to comment further on the controversy in Australian Parliament around a ban on their products, saying he needs to consult with his Australian partner first.
"We have a very good relationship with them," he said.
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The controversial ban on the lever action Adler shotgun recently divided the Coalition in the Australian Senate.
Federal National Party senators have refused to support their own government's import ban, with several crossing the floor and cabinet ministers abstaining from the vote.
On Monday night, National party senators Bridget McKenzie and John Williams crossed the floor to vote in favour of ending the import ban on the seven-shot lever action Adler shotgun, and Nationals ministers Fiona Nash, Nigel Scullion and Matt Canavan were absent from the chamber during the critical vote, along with backbencher Barry O'Sullivan.
The attempt to allow the gun to be imported was defeated 45-7 in the Senate, with Labor and the Greens supporting the Federal government.
Key crossbench senator David Leyonhjelm had previously threatened to hold the government hostage over the deal, claimed that Malcolm Turnbull had reneged on.
Adler guns are manufactured in the Turkish town of Beysehir near the city of Konya. More than 80 companies operating, including Adler in the suburb of Uzumlu, export their products to over 90 countries. There are 167 firearms companies in Beysehir manufacturing 30 to 50 thousand recreational rifles a year.
Further reading and links
- National Firearms Agreement 1996
- Gun legislation reforms - Australian Institute of Criminology
- Australia - Gun Facts, Figures and the Law
- Lifeline | T: 13 11 14
