Federal gun intervention 'a bid for votes'

THE federal government's move to intervene in gun crime and violence in the states has been dismissed as a grab for votes by the NSW government.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard told a cybersafety launch in Sydney on Wednesday she has asked Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare to prepare some options for cabinet to address the issue.

Her comments follow two violent incidents in recent days including racial conflict south of Brisbane and Tuesday's fatal shooting of a bikie gang member in Sydney.

Acting NSW Premier Andrew Stoner said Prime Minister Julia Gillard's "out of the blue" comments were designed to seek electoral favour with western Sydney.

"This is merely a stunt by Julia Gillard in order to win some sort of support in western Sydney," he told media in Sydney on Wednesday.

"They know that western Sydney is a key battleground for the federal election later this year."

The majority of crime in western Sydney was carried out by organised gangs with illegal firearms, a responsibility that constitutionally already fell on the federal government, Mr Stoner said.

He added the NSW government had, 18 months earlier, urged the federal government to improve customs operations to "stop the flood of illegal guns into NSW", and introduce national bikie laws in an attempt to curb gun violence in NSW.

The state government had not received a response, he said.

Mr Stoner said the failed Pink Batts strategy and the Building Education Revolution were proof that the federal government was not equipped to deal with state-based issues.

"The last time the federal Labor government got involved in matters that were primarily state responsibilities ... they couldn't manage it," he said.

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