The suburbs of Sydney with the most registered weapons owners have been unveiled, because the number of firearms in the country is increasing at an alarming pace.
There are now more than 1.1 million registered weapons in New South Wales, with a third of those weapons in the suburbs of Sydney, according to 7News.
Camden had most of the weapons owners with 2,595, followed by Liverpool with 2,010.
There were also around 700 owners in Bankstown, Merrylands and Greenacre.
It has led to growing concern. The number of weapons in Australia is increasing after a national firearm agreement that was requested by the Port Arthur massacre 1996.
The massive shooting killed 35 people and was then described as the worst massacre by a single shooter, Michael Bryant, in Australian history.
“We pulled a line in the sand there and then over weapons in Australia,” said NSW Greens MP Sue Higginson.
“We didn't forget that.”
There are now more than 1.1 million registered weapons in New South Wales with a third of those weapons in the suburbs of Sydney (depicted weapons taken by the Australian federal police)
A truck is seen that unloading firearms on a scrap heap in Sydney after the federal government had introduced a return scheme after the Port Arthur Massacre of 1996
Guns are seen that their barrels have been crushed after the tough new firearm laws have been introduced
Waster laws still differ greatly between each state, despite the arrival of a national weapon register last year.
Only West -Australia has a limit on the number of firearms that can be the property of one person.
The new data from NSW show a licensed owner in Cremorne at the lower North Shore of Sydney, had registered nearly 400 guns.
“The community really needs a conversation if there are limits to the number of firearms that people can possess,” said Australian Gun Safety Alliance Stephen Bendle.
But the police of the NSW, Minister of Police Yasmin Catley, said the forces were on top of the issue.
“The regulations in New South Wales are robust, but the settings are right,” she said.
