article_snippet: Labor voted against the measures earlier this year, citing an opposition to mandatory sentences.
article_snippet: I don't believe you can properly separate out this crackdown on illegal trafficking in firearms from our overall national security effort.'
article_snippet: But shadow attorney general Mark Dreyfus ruled out support for the measure, saying heavy penalties already existed for firearms trafficking. '
article_snippet: There is no evidence that mandatory minimum sentences work as a deterrent,' shadow attorney general Mark Dreyfus said.
article_snippet: Greens' senator Penny Wright said Greens' senator Penny Wright was Greens' senator Penny Wright did not believe tougher gun sentences would make Australia a safer place.
article_snippet: Tougher sentencing for trafficking is not the way to address gun crime in Australia,' Greens' senator Penny Wright said. '
article_snippet: Tackling gun crime requires a multi-faceted approach, not national security scaremongering.'
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