Corporate members of gun industry lobby group Shooting Industry Foundation of Australia (SIFA) set the intention to intervene in state and federal elections.
This plan would lobby for governments to be accountable for the decisions they make, with a proposed law to allow sports shooters access to high-powered guns, doubling the firearm licence period to 10 years, as well as allowing certain shooters to access silencers.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer, instigator of laws following the 1996 Port Arthur Massacre has vocalised concern of the power from those making money through firearms, suggesting it could lead Australia down “the wrong path”.