Subhead:Authorities in Western Australia have stripped dozens of gun owners of their licences.#
More than 100 firearms have been confiscated across Western Australia in what authorities describe as an operation targeting people with “sovereign citizen” beliefs.
Police say the campaign followed the fatal shooting of two officers in Victoria and claimed the move was necessary to “keep Western Australians safe.”
WA police report Operation Ascendant has been working for one month.
That means it started roughly 1 week after the Desi Freeman incident happened in VIC.
Over 40 lawful gun owners that live in WA have had their firearms seized and licenses revoked for not being fit and proper… pic.twitter.com/Ae5YFRdvuv
— HoodLaw (@AusHoodLaw) October 5, 2025
WA Police said they had identified about 1,000 people in the state who profess sovereign citizen views, with 70 of them owning firearms. Officers searched those gun owners’ properties last week, seizing 135 firearms and cancelling or suspending 44 licences.
