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Corina Jordan: Fish and Game Chief Executive on new firearms law reforms · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Gun owners have been lef scratching their heads this after
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  Speaker 1: yesterday's gun announcement. Nicole macke won't reverse the semi automatic band,
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  Speaker 1: won't scrap the controversial firearms registry. What she will do
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  Speaker 1: is automatically banned gang members from getting firearms licenses. Sounds reasonable,
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  Speaker 1: make it easier for owners to store their firearms, and
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  Speaker 1: create an independent firearms safety body. Karina Jordan is Fishing
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  Speaker 1: Game CEO of ME this morning. Karena, good morning, Good morning.
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  Speaker 1: What did you make of the changes?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, we think there are pragmatic and sensible changes. I
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  Speaker 2: know there's probably going to be a little bit of
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  Speaker 2: appointment from some hunters out there. You mentioned the semi automatics,
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  Speaker 2: but we're just encouraging everyone to have a good look
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  Speaker 2: at the policy intent that's been set out, consider their submissions,
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  Speaker 2: and then select a submit to the Select Committee. So
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  Speaker 2: we think overall, this is quite a balanced approach and
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  Speaker 2: it releases some of those overlie bureaucatic approaches that can
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  Speaker 2: be taken to legitimate firearms owners, while still focusing on
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  Speaker 2: criminal the criminal element in our community.
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  Speaker 1: And Karina, you're quite happy with the travel all stuff.
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  Speaker 1: What's changing with the travel and taking firearms with you.
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  Speaker 2: It's just clarifying those travel requirements. Obviously, safe storage of
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  Speaker 2: firearms while we're traveling is really important, especially for our hunters.
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  Speaker 2: So it's just clarifying the conditions there and making them
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  Speaker 2: a little bit more streamlined so they're easy to understand.
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  Speaker 2: So you can travel with firearms. You just need to
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  Speaker 2: have your bault and your ammunition separate, and these conditions
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  Speaker 2: around how long you leave those firearms in the vehicle
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  Speaker 2: unattended for.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, what about this red flag system for mental health issues?
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  Speaker 2: That's just what we know is that that's parts of
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  Speaker 2: our community are challenged by mental health just you know,
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  Speaker 2: throughout their lives. Life has a little bit tough, and
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  Speaker 2: we don't want that stigma associated with firearms ownership. And
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  Speaker 2: what we know is it's really good for mental health
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  Speaker 2: and physical well being to get out there in the
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  Speaker 2: natural environment and hunt for your dinner. And this is
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  Speaker 2: a large part of huge parts of our community. And
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  Speaker 2: so this just means that there's more cautious, safer for
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  Speaker 2: people that have challenges to own and retain the ownership
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  Speaker 2: of their firearms and use them for legitimate hunting purposes,
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  Speaker 2: which is good for their.
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  Speaker 1: Well being, all right, Karina, Appreciate your time, Karena, Jordan
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  Speaker 1: Fish and Games CEO.
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