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Shane Stroud

Shane Stroud

ACT firearms advocate and President of SSAA ACT, serving on the Sporting Shooters' Association of Australia board and as a national media contact, guest on The Hunters Campfire podcast.

Sep 8, 2026

11:31
I think Neymar wants to walk away from us now, but Shane might be able to talk about ACT better.
11:36
Well, since we last spoke, the police minister announced last weekend that the asymmetry company is very much leaning forward to firearms attacks, supporting IBAC, and on a basis that's consistent with New South Wales for the interests of standardisation across jurisdictions, which is understandable.
11:56
It's a bit disappointing because the ACT government comes back since September.
12:02
So far there's been the public hearing and the Standing Committee on Legal Affairs has come back with their report and the recommendation is that the government accept the recommendations of the two amendments that they recategorise and implement caps.
12:19
But that's still to be debated and it's still to be determined by the ACT government in the Legislative Assembly.
12:25
They'll come back in September and those two amended changes to or proposed changes to the Firearms Act in the ACT will be negotiated, debated and finalised at some stage after that.
12:39
The schedule hasn't been established yet.
MarkHOST
14:51
Is there any information or data about does a cap actually increase own guns because people buy up to the cap now? Do they actually go, well, I'm going to get five so they go five? Well,

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