WA gun owners demand apology for police map showing their locations

WA gun owners demand apology for police map showing their locations

The map in question was published by media outlets on Tuesday and was sent to WAtoday on Tuesday afternoon by WA Police along with larger maps of the whole Perth metro region and the south west of the state.

  • byHamish Hastie

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WA’s top cop vents frustration at courts overruling police and handing guns back to criminals

WA’s top cop vents frustration at courts overruling police and handing guns back to criminals

Police Commissioner Chris Dawson said there were powerful firearms in the community which he had tried to argue should not be in the possession of civilians.

  • byHeather McNeill
‘A gun owner on every street’:WA to overhaul firearms laws

‘A gun owner on every street’:WA to overhaul firearms laws

Western Australia’s gun ownership laws are set to be overhauled after it was revealed the number of licensed firearms in the state had soared by 60 per cent with a gun owner on close to every suburban street.

  • byHeather McNeill
Man dead,another injured after ‘ambush’ shooting in Sydney’s west

Man dead,another injured after ‘ambush’ shooting in Sydney’s west

Police believe two men who were shot,one fatally,in Sydney’s west on Thursday night might have been victims of an ambush.

  • byJenny Noyes
Who’s afraid of a scare campaign? Albanese had better watch out because they do work

Who’s afraid of a scare campaign? Albanese had better watch out because they do work

Scott Morrison’s attacks on Labor over China are desperate,shameless and shrill. It doesn’t mean they won’t be effective.

  • byDavid Crowe
Ibrahem Hamze charged with kidnapping and assault after extradition

Ibrahem Hamze charged with kidnapping and assault after extradition

Police allege a senior member of the Hamze family contracted the man to commit a fraud offence on their behalf,which he could not or would not do.

  • bySally Rawsthorne
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Senior Hamzy family member shot dead in targeted daylight attack in Sydney’s west

Senior Hamzy family member shot dead in targeted daylight attack in Sydney’s west

Ghassan Amoun,brother of underworld figure Bassam Hamzy,was killed in South Wentworthville on Thursday afternoon.

  • byFergus Hunter
Parents of Michigan school shooter ‘found in basement’ after police hunt

Parents of Michigan school shooter ‘found in basement’ after police hunt

Police had been searching for Ethan Crumbley’s parents James and Jennifer after laying involuntary manslaughter charges. Police say they had bought the firearm for their son as a Christmas gift.

  • byBrendan O'Brien andJoseph Ax
Baldwin does not feel responsible for shooting,assumed gun was safe
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Baldwin does not feel responsible for shooting,assumed gun was safe

In an emotional television interview Baldwin says he assumed the gun he was holding was empty of live bullets before it went off and killed a cinematographer on the set of Rust.

  • byJill Serjeant andBrendan O'Brien
Family of five shot at in car after social media argument escalates:police
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Family of five shot at in car after social media argument escalates:police

Police were told the Toyota Yaris - with five occupants including a 12-year-old - had been shot at in Condell Park by a man who was driving in the area.

  • byDaniella White andSarah McPhee
Bombs,ammo and 39 guns found in Sydney home of alleged doomsday prepper

Bombs,ammo and 39 guns found in Sydney home of alleged doomsday prepper

The cache of improvised explosive devices and other weapons was discovered by police on the north-western outskirts of Sydney.

  • byFergus Hunter andSarah McPhee