Thursday, 4 March 2021, 12:31 pm A proposed law making it possible to ban gang members from being near firearms highlights the problems with the changes to the Arms Act over the last two years, says the Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (COLFO). Earlier today COLFO Chair Michael Dowling appeared before the Justice Select Committee to speak on the Arms (Firearms Prohibition Orders) Amendment Bill (No 2). Dowling told the Committee that while the Bill is well intended, it would compound many of the problems already present in the Government’s Arms Legislation Act. He said the proposed law creating Firearms Prohibition Orders would be easily and unwittingly