16 Dec 2019

Gun lobby claims deadline will force guns onto black market

From Checkpoint, 5:40 pm on 16 December 2019

A gun owners rights group says law-abiding citizens will become criminals overnight unless the government extends the dead line for its gun buy-back scheme.

Owners of semi-automatic firearms have until midnight Friday to take their guns in and receive compensation.

But as Conan Young reports, some fear owners will seek to sell them illegally if they aren't given more time.