The 389 South Australians police say are too dangerous to own a gun — explore the full list
Police have released the names of 389 South Australians banned from owning a firearm because they allegedly pose a danger to the community.
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These are the 389 South Australians who police say are too dangerous to own a firearm — or even be allowed near a paintball gun.
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According to police, they are the latest class of 366 men and 23 women the community must be protected from, by removing their easiest way to kill, maim or threaten potential victims.
The live list updated this month is made available online by police, who each year add dozens of new names to the bans.
Officer in charge of the SAPOL firearms branch Superintendent Stephen Howard said by law the police had to make public the names of those on the register as it is updated.
So far this year 39 names have been added after being handed a firearms prohibition order because of their behaviour, compared to 64 during the whole of last year and 40 in 2017.
“As people are identified who meet the criteria as stipulated in the Firearms Act, then an application is made to the registrar (the Police Commissioner) for a firearms prohibition order to be issued,’’ Supt Howard said.
“The court also has the authority to issue a firearms prohibition order.’’
Supt Howard said police had to consider if those banned could with a gun:
THREATEN life or property.
ACT against the public interest.
PARTICIPATE in a criminal organisation.
CONTINUE illegal activity after being in a criminal organisation.
Some on the list are notorious like former Comanchero bike gang boss Vince Focarelli, who has been on the list since 2012.
In 2013 he was released onto the streets after completing a sentence for firearm and drugs offences relating to an incident that shocked the community in which his son became the victim of an assassination directed at Vince.
Bikies, killers, armed holdup specialists, and many with dangerous mental health issues are added to the list.
Many others on the list have no public profile, but threaten lives of particular targets such as in domestic violence cases.
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People who feel threatened or have questions about who is on the list and why can contact the SAPOL firearms branch on 08 732 23346 or SAPOL Call Centre on 131 444.
A breach of the strict bans can mean up to a $75,000 fine or imprisonment for 15 years;
The controls are onerous, and even ban the possession of ammunition, being on a paintball gun range, living in a house where there is a gun, or being with anyone who has a gun on them.
Two sons of notorious criminal Rodney Clavell, are on the list, but they are not those who were shot by Victorian police in an alleged standoff last month.
His sons and SA residents Daniel and Richard Clavell are on the list. Father Rodney shot himself while surrounded by police inside Marilyn’s Studio on King William St in the city five years ago.
Daniel was jailed in May 2014 for three years and four months, with a non-parole period of 26 months, for a steroid-fuelled spree of driving, drug and assault offences.
At the time lawyers for Daniel said he began taking steroids as a result of his father’s influence but had changed his life by converting to Islam and studying the Koran.
Richard is serving a 7 ½-year sentence, with a non-parole period of four years for firearms and drug trafficking offences over an incident at West Beach in September 2013.