A sentencing judge may have regard to the particular risks of firearms possession on semi-remote rural properties — including the risk of theft and inability to track unregistered stolen firearms — as matters relevant to the objective seriousness of the offence under s 51D(2) Firearms Act 1996, without this constituting a finding of the aggravating factor in s 21A(2)(i) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999. The location of firearms in a rural area has implications 'both ways' in the sentencing exercise.
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