New South Wales has reportedly relented and agreed to allow the controversial Adler shotgun to be reclassified to the toughest of the four categories, opening the way for limited importation to resume. The states will discuss reclassifying the lever-action Adler shotgun at Friday’s Coalition of Australian Governments meeting in Canberra. The Abbott government paused the importation of the Adler 110 shotgun in 2015 after the Lindt cafe siege. All of the states except NSW called for the weapon to be given a “D” classification – the toughest of the four categories. “In particular, there should be no moves to water down the restrictions applied to category D firearms,” chief executive Lesley Podesta said in a statement on Sunday.

Source: The Guardian December 04, 2016 03:33 UTC