Government would be 'crackers' to relax gun laws: Tony Abbott

By James Massola
Updated October 20 2016 - 1:08pm, first published October 19 2016 - 8:45pm
Former prime minister Tony Abbott in Parliament on Tuesday during the debate on gun laws. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Former prime minister Tony Abbott in Parliament on Tuesday during the debate on gun laws. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

The federal government would be "crackers" to water down a ban on importing rapid-fire shotguns into Australia because of the growing terror threat, Tony Abbott says, in comments that place him at odds with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Nationals MPs.

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