NSW will have some of Australia's toughest gun laws if new bills prompted by the deadly Martin Place siege are passed through parliament, the state government says.
NSW Police Minister Troy Grant introduced the legislation on Tuesday.
"This bill will deliver some of the strongest penalties for illegal firearm possession and supply in Australia," Mr Grant told the state's lower house.
The laws were flagged in August and give effect to recommendations of the Martin Place Siege Joint Review report, released after gunman Man Haron Monis and two hostages, Tori Johnson and Katrina Dawson, were killed at Sydney's Lindt Cafe in December last year.
Mr Grant said the two cognate bills would be supported by the creation of an Illegal Firearms Investigation and Reward Scheme, with $10,000 bounties for information that leads to the arrest and
conviction of criminals in possession of illegal firearms.
The scheme will also fund police investigations, including undercover operations.
What the NSW government's gun crackdown will do:
- Make it illegal to possess a stolen firearm - up to 14 years' imprisonment
- Increase the maximum penalty for defacing or altering any identifying mark on any firearm or firearm part, or for possessing a defaced or altered firearm or firearm part - up to 14 years' imprisonment (up from current five-year maximum)
- Streamline maximum jail terms for offences relating to unauthorised possession, use, supply, or acquisition of firearms where the firearm involved is a pistol, a prohibited firearm, or is defaced, unregistered or stolen - up to 14 years' imprisonment
- Ban the possession of digital blueprints that enable firearms to be manufactured using 3D printers, and milling machines for anyone without an appropriate licence
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