City wants silencers

A MAJOR southeast Queensland council wants its pest assassins to use firearm silencers – which are banned alongside rocket launchers – to help control a growing feral deer population.

Logan City Council wants the State Government to provide a ministerial exemption, or change the laws, to permit local governments to use silencers or noise suppressors when killing local pests.

Both devices are category R weapons, alongside bazookas or antitank rifles, and are banned in Queensland.

The move comes after an application by Brisbane City Council to use silencers was refused by Police Minister Mark Ryan last year.