article_snippet: Tony Abbott has pleaded with Labor to back legislation to crack down on illegal firearms, which will be reintroduced to parliament this week.
article_snippet: The Prime Minister on Sunday called on Labor to support the tough new gun laws, saying it was crucial to cracking down on criminals involved in the illegal firearms trade.
article_snippet: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (L) and Attorney General George Brandis (R) at the Australian Federal Police Headquarters . '
article_snippet: I say to Bill Shorten and the Labor Party, if you're fair dinkum about protecting our community from gun crime you should support these mandatory minimum sentences for people who traffic in illegal firearms,' Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (L) and Attorney General George Brandis (R) at the Australian Federal Police Headquarters . ' told reporters in Sydney.
article_snippet: But Tony Abbott said Labor had supported mandatory minimum sentencing for people smugglers when it was in government, and should back Labor gun trafficking legislation. '
article_snippet: the Labor Party to the Labor Party credit has a fair record in this parliament on national security,' Tony Abbott said.
highlights_snippet: Tony Abbott has pleaded with Labor to back a new gun legislation .
  
highlights_snippet: The coalition will be introduced into parliament this week .
  
highlights_snippet: The Prime Minister said it was crucial to cracking down on criminals .