Australia is getting closer to having its firearm laws fortified after the Criminal Code Amendment bill quickly passed through the House of Representatives. The Labor party swiftly moved to initiate debates on the Criminal Code Amendment bill introduced by the coalition government just 24 hours earlier. Leader of the House Peter Dutton then triggered an immediate vote ending speeches on the topic seeing the bill passed through. Labor’s move occurred even though the party’s home affairs spokeswoman Kristina Keneally told ABC radio earlier on Feb. 17 that the party had not seen the legislation and would consider it carefully. “The fear I have is that they’re going to try and use this to pick a fight on the issue of firearms,” she said. The bill will allow the federal government to double the maximum penalty for existing firearms trafficking offences to 20 years’ imprisonment or a fine of 5,000 penalty …