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<\/p>\nWestern Australian Police have seized guns and ammunition from a Perth man whose father, who lives with him, they have described as a Neo-Nazi and unfit to have access to firearms.<\/p>\n
The seizure was made as part of operation Larkman Alpha, which was launched earlier this year in the wake of the Bondi Beach shooting to reassess WA firearm licence holders and boost public safety.<\/p>\n
WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch said while the three seized guns were registered to a lawful owner, they were accessible to his father, who held extreme white supremacist ideology.<\/p>\n
“We went to the house and there were Nazi flags in the hallway, Nazi flags in the bedroom \u2014 proper Nazi swastikas,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Including over or near the firearms cabinet and the firearms cabinet was not locked. So, the father had access to the firearms.”<\/p>\n
Of the man who owned the guns, Commissioner Blanch said: “That firearm owner is a lawful firearm owner, passed the test, is a good firearm owner but [he] happened to live with a person \u2014 being his father \u2014 who had a risk indicator come up that were some behaviours that would indicate white supremacy or Nazism.”<\/p>\n
Unfit to access guns<\/p>\n
Police said the man’s father was a risk and not deemed to be a “fit and proper person” to have access to firearms under the legislation.<\/p>\n
“We’re talking about a house where firearms are stored, where 90 flags are prominently displayed,” Commissioner Blanch said.<\/p>\n
“I don’t think there’s any sound-of-mind West Australian that would think that’s okay.”<\/p>\n
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As police commissioner, Col Blanch has broad discretion when considering whether any individual is a “fit and proper person” to own guns. (ABC News: Jake Strumer)<\/p>\n
No charges have been laid in relation to the matter.<\/p>\n
Another man was charged with 10 counts of making or possessing explosives as part of the same operation.<\/p>\n
The 42-year-old man was also charged with weapon and drug offences after officers raided his High Wycombe home.<\/p>\n
He is next due to appear before Armadale Magistrates Court next month.<\/p>\n
Tough gun laws<\/p>\n
WA introduced new gun laws in 2024 involving greater restrictions on who was able to legally own a firearm.<\/p>\n
The implementation of the laws was beset by challenges and resistance from some firearms owners.<\/p>\n