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Failed SA and federal political candidate Mark Aldridge loses gun licence after threatening to shoot hoons
A failed South Australian and federal political candidate and animal sanctuary owner has lost a bid to keep his firearms licence after a tribunal found he threatened to shoot hoon drivers in 2017.
Key points:
- Mark Aldridge lost his firearms licence in June 2020
- He appealed that decision to the SA Civil and Administrative Tribunal
- The decision was upheld
Mark Aldridge — who has run in a number of state and federal elections, both as an independent and One Nation candidate — applied to the SA Civil and Administrative Tribunal (SACAT) to get his firearms licence reinstated after it was cancelled.
The Registrar of Firearms cancelled Mr Aldridge’s firearms licence in June 2020, claiming he was “not a fit and proper” person to hold one after an…
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