This is the Law Society's submission to the Portfolio Committee No. 5 - Legal Affairs' Inquiry into the provisions of Firearms and Weapons Legislation (Criminal Use) Bill 2020.

Law Society of New South Wales, Inquiry into Provisions of the Firearms and Weapons Legislation Amendment (Criminal Use) Bill 2020 (Submission No. 100, 31 July 2020)

The law gives police the power to stop and search people and says how those searches must occur. In some circumstances this can include strip searches or searches under Firearm Prohibition Orders. Aboriginal and young people are disproportionately subject to these searches.

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Law Society of New South Wales, Inquiry into Provisions of the Firearms and Weapons Legislation Amendment (Criminal Use) Bill 2020 (Submission No. 100, 31 July 2020)

Pre-emptive policing: Police searches