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Carlin v R [2019] NSWCCA 130

When is unauthorised possession of a firearm which is prohibited not unauthorised possession of a prohibited firearm? In this case, the Court of Criminal Appeal (‘CCA’) looked at the fine distinction between two similar offences in the Firearms Act 1996 (‘the Act’) and pointed to an issue with short

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