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published November 22 2016 - 2:30pmBy Imogen ElliottUpdated November 23 2016 - 7:18am, first published November 22 2016 - 2:30pmFacebookTwitterWhatsappEmailCopySenate fires shots at Adler

Senators that support lifting a ban on the Adler A110 shotgun should visit Port Arthur to understand the view of Tasmanians in relation to gun violence, Tasmanian independent Senator Jacqui

Lambie says. 

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senator David Leyonhjelm introduced a motion to lift a ban on the contentious shotgun in federal Parliament on Monday.

The disallowance motion was voted down 54 votes to 7 after Nationals backbenchers Bridget McKenzie and John Williams crossed the floor to approve the motion.

A number of other National members chose to abstain from the vote. 

Liberal cabinet ministers George Brandis, Scott Ryan and Mitch Fifield represented the government and voted against the motion. 

Senator Lambie voted against the motion and said its approval would open the flood gates for public violence.

She said lifting the ban would be a “terrorist’s wet dream”. 

“The terrorist alert is at one of the highest levels in history and the Liberal-Nationals party is prepared to do a deal to allow rapid-fire shotguns into Australia,” Senator Lambie said. 

“Imagine the carnage and butchery that would have happened if the terrorist who held up the Lindt Cafe was armed with an Adler shotgun, instead of a double-barrel shotgun.” 

The Adler shotgun can fire up to seven shots while an older model allowed for five shots. 

It is classified under the least restrictive category for gun ownership in Australia.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull previously stated he would consider lifting a ban on the gun if classifications were strengthened.

Tasmanian Greens Senator Nick McKim said the government “owed” it to Australians to protect them.

“Rapid-fire shotguns, like the Adler, have no place in modern Australia,” Senator McKim said. 

“The gun lobby wants to weaken Australia's world-leading laws, and they have clearly captured members of the government.”

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