SSAA Firearms Buyback Survey Results
In a short space of time we had more than 5000 responses to this survey from our members.
A bundle of responses were keyed in to the database. This bundle contained a total of 2,137 responses.
The following data was collated using those responses. Those bundles have been sealed and stored for perusal if required.
| Question 1. Which State are you from? | |||
| Number Of Persons That Responded By State Or Territory | % Of Persons That Responded By State Or Territory | ||
| ACT | 36 | 2% | |
| NSW | 620 | 29% | |
| NT | 26 | 1% | |
| QLD | 478 | 22% | |
| SA | 204 | 10% | |
| TAS | 42 | 2% | |
| VIC | 684 | 32% | |
| WA | 47 | 2% | |
| Total | 2137 | 100% | |
| Question 2. Have you been compelled to surrender firearms? | |||
| Did Not Answer | No | Yes | |
| ACT | 2 | 3 | 31 |
| NSW | 25 | 81 | 514 |
| NT | 1 | 6 | 19 |
| QLD | 19 | 46 | 413 |
| SA | 7 | 16 | 181 |
| TAS | 0 | 3 | 39 |
| VIC | 11 | 37 | 636 |
| WA | 3 | 8 | 36 |
| Total | 68 | 200 | 1869 |
| Question 2. Percentages | |||
| Did Not Answer | No | Yes | |
| ACT | 6% | 8% | 86% |
| NSW | 4% | 13% | 83% |
| NT | 4% | 23% | 73% |
| QLD | 4% | 10% | 86% |
| SA | 3% | 8% | 89% |
| TAS | 0% | 7% | 93% |
| VIC | 2% | 5% | 93% |
| WA | 6% | 17% | 77% |
| Total | 3% | 9% | 87% |
| Question 3. Were you satisfied with the amount of compensation paid? | |||
| Did Not Answer | No | Yes | |
| ACT | 5 | 6 | 25 |
| NSW | 84 | 130 | 406 |
| NT | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| QLD | 50 | 125 | 303 |
| SA | 20 | 77 | 107 |
| TAS | 3 | 17 | 22 |
| VIC | 38 | 276 | 370 |
| WA | 7 | 17 | 23 |
| Total | 211 | 655 | 1271 |
| Question 3. Percentages | |||
| Did Not Answer | No | Yes | |
| ACT | 14% | 17% | 69% |
| NSW | 14% | 21% | 65% |
| NT | 15% | 27% | 58% |
| QLD | 10% | 26% | 63% |
| SA | 10% | 38% | 52% |
| TAS | 7% | 40% | 52% |
| VIC | 6% | 40% | 54% |
| WA | 15% | 36% | 49% |
| Total | 10% | 31% | 59% |
| Question 4. How long did you have to wait for compensation? | |||
| No Wait Or Did Not Answer | Did Have To wait For Compensation | No. Of Days Waited For Compensation | |
| ACT | 6 | 30 | 701 |
| NSW | 172 | 448 | 12660 |
| NT | 20 | 6 | 82 |
| QLD | 452 | 26 | 361 |
| SA | 92 | 112 | 2362 |
| TAS | 33 | 9 | 310 |
| VIC | 639 | 45 | 902 |
| WA | 10 | 37 | 1087 |
| Total | 1424 | 713 | 18465 |
| Question 4. Percentages | |||
| No Wait Or Did Not Answer | Did Have To wait For Compensation | ||
| ACT | 17% | 83% | |
| NSW | 28% | 72% | |
| NT | 77% | 23% | |
| QLD | 95% | 5% | |
| SA | 45% | 55% | |
| TAS | 79% | 21% | |
| VIC | 93% | 7% | |
| WA | 21% | 79% | |
| Total | 67% | 33% | |
| Question 5. Have you had any comment on the method of valuation? | |||
| Did Not Answer | No | Yes | |
| ACT | 5 | 20 | 11 |
| NSW | 103 | 405 | 112 |
| NT | 4 | 18 | 4 |
| QLD | 66 | 309 | 103 |
| SA | 18 | 136 | 50 |
| TAS | 3 | 23 | 16 |
| VIC | 49 | 452 | 183 |
| WA | 10 | 27 | 10 |
| Total | 258 | 1390 | 489 |
| Question 5. Percentages | |||
| Did Not Answer | No | Yes | |
| ACT | 14% | 56% | 31% |
| NSW | 17% | 65% | 18% |
| NT | 15% | 69% | 15% |
| QLD | 14% | 65% | 22% |
| SA | 9% | 67% | 25% |
| TAS | 7% | 55% | 38% |
| VIC | 7% | 66% | 27% |
| WA | 21% | 57% | 21% |
| Total | 12% | 65% | 23% |
| Question 6. Were you satisfied with the compensation for parts and accessories? | |||
| Did Not Answer | No | Yes | |
| ACT | 17 | 6 | 13 |
| NSW | 256 | 118 | 246 |
| NT | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| QLD | 169 | 84 | 225 |
| SA | 63 | 38 | 103 |
| TAS | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| VIC | 191 | 169 | 324 |
| WA | 27 | 12 | 8 |
| Total | 740 | 441 | 956 |
| Question 6. Percentages | |||
| Did Not Answer | No | Yes | |
| ACT | 47% | 17% | 36% |
| NSW | 41% | 19% | 40% |
| NT | 42% | 8% | 50% |
| QLD | 35% | 18% | 47% |
| SA | 31% | 19% | 50% |
| TAS | 14% | 29% | 57% |
| VIC | 28% | 25% | 47% |
| WA | 57% | 26% | 17% |
| Total | 35% | 21% | 45% |
| Question 7. Have you purchased a replacement firearm? If Answer Is Yes. How many? | |||
| Number Of Persons That Did Not Purchase A Replacement Firearm | No. Of Persons That Purchased A Replacement Firearm | Number Of Firearms Purchased | |
| ACT | 22 | 14 | 20 |
| NSW | 345 | 275 | 482 |
| NT | 9 | 17 | 24 |
| QLD | 214 | 264 | 507 |
| SA | 80 | 124 | 281 |
| TAS | 20 | 22 | 38 |
| VIC | 245 | 439 | 677 |
| WA | 26 | 21 | 27 |
| Total | 961 | 1176 | 2056 |
| Question 7. Percentages | |||
| % Number Of Persons That Did Not Purchase A Replacement Firearm | % Number Of Persons That Purchased A Replacement Firearm | ||
| ACT | 61% | 39% | |
| NSW | 56% | 44% | |
| NT | 35% | 65% | |
| QLD | 45% | 55% | |
| SA | 39% | 61% | |
| TAS | 48% | 52% | |
| VIC | 36% | 64% | |
| WA | 55% | 45% | |
| Total | 45% | 55% | |
| Question 8. Were you treated with dignity during the surrender process? | |||
| Did Not Answer | No | Yes | |
| ACT | 4 | 2 | 30 |
| NSW | 94 | 38 | 488 |
| NT | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| QLD | 67 | 38 | 373 |
| SA | 24 | 19 | 161 |
| TAS | 2 | 6 | 34 |
| VIC | 45 | 63 | 576 |
| WA | 7 | 2 | 38 |
| Total | 246 | 169 | 1722 |
| Question 8. Percentages | |||
| Did Not Answer | No | Yes | |
| ACT | 11% | 6% | 83% |
| NSW | 15% | 6% | 79% |
| NT | 12% | 4% | 85% |
| QLD | 14% | 8% | 78% |
| SA | 12% | 9% | 79% |
| TAS | 5% | 14% | 81% |
| VIC | 7% | 9% | 84% |
| WA | 15% | 4% | 81% |
| Total | 12% | 8% | 81% |
| Question 9. Did you feel the surrender process was well organized by the respective Government agency? | |||
| Did Not Answer | No | Yes | |
| ACT | 4 | 5 | 27 |
| NSW | 102 | 136 | 382 |
| NT | 2 | 4 | 20 |
| QLD | 63 | 82 | 333 |
| SA | 20 | 48 | 136 |
| TAS | 1 | 15 | 26 |
| VIC | 47 | 135 | 502 |
| WA | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| Total | 246 | 435 | 1456 |
| Question 9. Percentages | |||
| Did Not Answer | No | Yes | |
| ACT | 11% | 14% | 75% |
| NSW | 16% | 22% | 62% |
| NT | 8% | 15% | 77% |
| QLD | 13% | 17% | 70% |
| SA | 10% | 24% | 67% |
| TAS | 2% | 36% | 62% |
| VIC | 7% | 20% | 73% |
| WA | 15% | 21% | 64% |
| Total | 12% | 20% | 68% |
| Question 10. Have you been subject to a search/visit/inspection at your business/home premises by members of your State Police in relation to the firearm buyback scheme? | |||
| Did Not Answer | No | Yes | |
| ACT | 2 | 34 | 0 |
| NSW | 36 | 574 | 10 |
| NT | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| QLD | 18 | 454 | 6 |
| SA | 4 | 195 | 5 |
| TAS | 0 | 35 | 7 |
| VIC | 14 | 647 | 23 |
| WA | 1 | 45 | 1 |
| Total | 75 | 2010 | 52 |
| Question 10. Percentages | |||
| Did Not Answer | No | Yes | |
| ACT | 6% | 94% | 0% |
| NSW | 6% | 93% | 2% |
| NT | 0% | 100% | 0% |
| QLD | 4% | 95% | 1% |
| SA | 2% | 96% | 2% |
| TAS | 0% | 83% | 17% |
| VIC | 2% | 95% | 3% |
| WA | 2% | 96% | 2% |
| Total | 4% | 94% | 2% |
| Question 11. Have you been subject to threats, either physical or verbal, by any Government official regarding the gun buyback scheme? | |||
| Did Not Answer | No | Yes | |
| ACT | 1 | 35 | 0 |
| NSW | 36 | 578 | 6 |
| NT | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| QLD | 17 | 456 | 5 |
| SA | 3 | 197 | 4 |
| TAS | 0 | 40 | 2 |
| VIC | 16 | 651 | 17 |
| WA | 2 | 45 | 0 |
| Total | 75 | 2028 | 34 |
| Question 11. Percentages | |||
| Did Not Answer | No | Yes | |
| ACT | 3% | 97% | 0% |
| NSW | 6% | 93% | 1% |
| NT | 0% | 100% | 0% |
| QLD | 4% | 95% | 1% |
| SA | 1% | 97% | 2% |
| TAS | 0% | 95% | 5% |
| VIC | 2% | 95% | 2% |
| WA | 4% | 96% | 0% |
| Total | 4% | 95% | 2% |
| Question 12. Now the buyback is finished, what best describes your feelings? | ||||
| Did Not Answer | Satisfied | Grudgingly Accepting | Angry | |
| ACT | 0 | 1 | 9 | 26 |
| NSW | 22 | 18 | 192 | 388 |
| NT | 1 | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| QLD | 14 | 16 | 139 | 309 |
| SA | 2 | 1 | 52 | 149 |
| TAS | 0 | 1 | 13 | 28 |
| VIC | 9 | 13 | 163 | 499 |
| WA | 1 | 0 | 11 | 35 |
| Total | 49 | 50 | 587 | 1451 |
| Question 12. Percentages | ||||
| Did Not Answer | Satisfied | Grudgingly Accepting | Angry | |
| ACT | 0.0% | 2.8% | 25.0% | 72.2% |
| NSW | 3.5% | 2.9% | 31.0% | 62.6% |
| NT | 3.8% | 0.0% | 30.8% | 65.4% |
| QLD | 2.9% | 3.3% | 29.1% | 64.6% |
| SA | 1.0% | 0.5% | 25.5% | 73.0% |
| TAS | 0.0% | 2.4% | 31.0% | 66.7% |
| VIC | 1.3% | 1.9% | 23.8% | 73.0% |
| WA | 2.1% | 0.0% | 23.4% | 74.5% |
| Total | 2.3% | 2.3% | 27.5% | 67.9% |
| Question 13. Has this experience altered your level of political activism and awareness? | ||||
| Did Not Answer | No | Yes | ||
| ACT | 2 | 6 | 28 | |
| NSW | 25 | 58 | 537 | |
| NT | 1 | 2 | 23 | |
| QLD | 16 | 35 | 427 | |
| SA | 3 | 14 | 187 | |
| TAS | 1 | 3 | 38 | |
| VIC | 14 | 47 | 623 | |
| WA | 1 | 2 | 44 | |
| Total | 63 | 167 | 1907 | |
| Question 13. Percentages | ||||
| Did Not Answer | No | Yes | ||
| ACT | 6% | 17% | 78% | |
| NSW | 4% | 9% | 87% | |
| NT | 4% | 8% | 88% | |
| QLD | 3% | 7% | 89% | |
| SA | 1% | 7% | 92% | |
| TAS | 2% | 7% | 90% | |
| VIC | 2% | 7% | 91% | |
| WA | 2% | 4% | 94% | |
| Total | 3% | 8% | 89% | |
| Question 14. Have you determined to change your vote as a result of this experience? | ||||
| Did Not Answer | Will not change | Will change | Will change and never forget | |
| ACT | 0 | 3 | 7 | 26 |
| NSW | 26 | 43 | 74 | 477 |
| NT | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| QLD | 13 | 32 | 52 | 381 |
| SA | 1 | 6 | 29 | 168 |
| TAS | 0 | 3 | 3 | 36 |
| VIC | 11 | 35 | 62 | 576 |
| WA | 0 | 4 | 6 | 37 |
| Total | 51 | 129 | 236 | 1721 |
| Question 14. Percentages | ||||
| Did Not Answer | Will not change | Will change | Will change and never forget | |
| ACT | 0.0% | 8.3% | 19.4% | 72.2% |
| NSW | 4.2% | 6.9% | 11.9% | 76.9% |
| NT | 0.0% | 11.5% | 11.5% | 76.9% |
| QLD | 2.7% | 6.7% | 10.9% | 79.7% |
| SA | 0.5% | 2.9% | 14.2% | 82.4% |
| TAS | 0.0% | 7.1% | 7.1% | 85.7% |
| VIC | 1.6% | 5.1% | 9.1% | 84.2% |
| WA | 0.0% | 8.5% | 12.8% | 78.7% |
| Total | 2.4% | 6.0% | 11.0% | 80.5% |
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