A sentence of 18 months' imprisonment for possession of an unregistered general category handgun under s 7B(1) of the Firearms Act 1996 (Vic) is within range where the handgun was functional, fully loaded, and possessed for criminal purposes, and where the offence was discrete from other charges (no double punishment issue). Comparable cases involving lower sentences for firearms possession are not relevantly comparable where those cases involved double punishment considerations or less serious circumstances of offending.
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