Updated March 06, 2012 17:15:01
The Attorney General, Christian Porter, says he will support a limit on the number of guns a licence holder can have after police found 14 guns and a big cache of ammunition in a family home, south of Perth.
Police raided the Port Kennedy home on Sunday and say they found rifles, thousands of rounds of ammunition, batons, knives and drugs.
Two young children have been staying in the house and their 36-year-old father has been charged with 23 firearm and drug related offences.
The opposition's Michelle Roberts says police must audit all gun licence holders to make sure they have a legitimate right to carry firearms.
"There need to be restrictions put in place, there should be a presumption of someone not having more than two or three licensed firearms at home," she said.
"I think the Police Minister needs to step in straight away.
"He needs to establish some kind of presumption as to the maximum amount of guns that the average person should be able to house at their home, to have numbers like 12 or 13 licensed firearms in an average house is wrong."
Under current legislation, there is no limit on how many firearms a person can own.
More at linkhttp://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-06/call-for-cap-on-gun-numbers/3871110
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