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Tasmania. 2017 ‘Firearms.’ Annual Report 2016-2017, pp. 32-33. Hobart: Tasmania Department of Police, Fire, and Emergency Management. 5 October

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Since September 2013, a total of 867 unwanted and illegal firearms and large quantities of ammunition, have been surrendered during mobile amnesty operations. The most recent firearm amnesty was held in St Helens over 18 - 19 February 2017, and 54 unwanted and illegal firearms, as well as 155 kilograms of ammunition were surrendered to police.

…In 2016-17, 1,426 firearms were destroyed. This figure may include items registered for the purposes of destruction that are not whole firearms (for example firearms parts). On 30 June 2017, there were 1,678 lots of ammunition in custody in preparation for destruction.

It should be noted that the Firearms Disposal figures are being reported differently to previous years, due to the introduction of the Firearms and Weapons Data Systems and subsequent changes to the data collection and reporting.

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