The ACT is participating in the new National Firearms Amnesty to help remove unregistered guns from the community and keep Canberrans safe.
Acting Chief Police Officer, Liz McDonald urged anyone who had an unwanted or illegal firearm to surrender it.
“Anyone that hands in a firearm or firearm-related items to ACT Policing during the amnesty will not be prosecuted or fined,” Acting Chief Police Officer McDonald said.
“ACT Policing is committed to ensuring Canberra remains a safe city and this amnesty assists in removing unregistered and unwanted firearms from our streets,” she said.
“One illegal firearm in our community is one too many.”
Acting Chief Police Officer McDonald said that in the past year, ACT Policing had seized, or received via surrender, more than 760 firearms.
Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Mick Gentleman encouraged anyone in possession of unregistered or illegal firearms to turn them in during the amnesty period.
“Removing firearms from your home if they’re not used anymore can help keep them out of the hands of criminals,” Mr Gentleman said.
“Please hand in your unregistered or illegal firearms now to avoid prosecution and help ensure that Canberra remains a safe place,” he said.
Mr Gentleman said people could surrender their firearms at the ACT Policing Firearms Registry at the Exhibition Management Centre at 86 Vicars Street, Mitchell.
Further information on the amnesty, including the process to surrender a firearm, can be accessed on Crime Stoppers’ website at this PS News link.
