CARRYING OF FIREARMS
SYDNEY, This Day.' A select Parliamentary committee which, enquired into the dangers arising from the carrying of concealed fireanils recommends that except by specially authorised persons, the carrying of such arms, be absolutely prohibited, under a penalty of imprisonment ranging ,from a day to ten years; that tlie pointing of a weapon be made a statutory offenep. Parents are made responsible for boys using pea rifles and 'the safety of other firearms in their possession. All sales of arms must he properly' recorded. . Statistics showed that between 1913 and 1920 inclusive, there have been 417 deaths in Australia from tho criminal use, and 208 from the accidental discharge of firearms, besides over five hundred seriously injured.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 December 1920, Page 4
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119CARRYING OF FIREARMS Hokitika Guardian, 18 December 1920, Page 4
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