A BETTER WAY to regulate firearm use could cut red tape for shooting organisations, giving THEM more responsibility for licensing and range approvals — while limiting the role of police to conducting criminal-history checks.

It means bureaucrats would no longer be making decisions about something they know nothing about.

In this episode of Gun News Australia, we examine an accreditation model in which specialist shooting organisations could make technical decisions while government sets and enforces clear safety outcomes.

What would this mean for licensed shooters, clubs and ranges? We look at how sporting qualifications and lawful needs could inform decisions on lever-action and semi-automatic firearms, magazine capacities and remove any notion of firearm caps.

Appearance laws would also become a thing of the past.

We examine the comparison with electricity-network safety regulation, where operators manage serious technical risks under enforceable legal duties, audits and oversight. It’s a model of regulation called “safety case” management, which is used for other industries where there are risks managed by experts, such as aviation, pharmaceuticals and so on.

This is a proposal for review and a controlled pilot — not a removal of firearm laws.

Organisations could choose whether to participate, so the key decision will come down to efficiency for organisations, and not left with bureaucrats.

This model would remove unnecessary costs and red tape without affecting public safety outcomes. Tell us in the comments what your view of this is.

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