”The risk of harm to our community, our law enforcement personnel is utterly obvious . I need you to understand there must be consequences of a significant nature,” he said. ”A whole series of pistols are out there capable of inflicting serious harm to law enforcement people . and the general public. ”They are lost and we can only assume they are in use. I consider that is a huge aggravating factor, the whole safety of our community is put at risk with the distribution of firearms to the black market.” Across an eight-page summary of facts police detailed the simple way McRae was able to sidestep gun laws to supply the criminal underworld.