Coroner wants gun licence ‘rubber stamping’ bolstered with medical checks

Victorian gun owners should be forced to provide a doctor’s certificate proving they are medically fit before renewing their firearms licence, a coroner has urged. Coroner Simon McGregor has called for a tightening of the state’s firearm laws following the suicide of a man who legally owned five guns despite a long history of mental illness.

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