NSW police will be able to stop and search people, cars, bikie clubhouses and "criminal dens" for guns, without a warrant, under legislation to be introduced into parliament this week.
Under the changes, police will be able to stop and search anyone who has been banned from owning guns without a warrant - even if there's no cause for suspicion, Premier Barry O'Farrell says.
"The changes mean officers can also search their cars and their premises for firearms," he told reporters in Sydney.
Fewer than 70 people in NSW are currently subject to a firearm ban, but the new laws would also make it easier to increase the number, Mr O'Farrell said.
Penalties will be increased from 10 to 14 years for possession or supply of illegal weapons.
Police Minister Michael Gallacher says the laws will enable police to target known people.
"It will give police the ability to target people they know are involved.
"Currently police need reasonable cause to suspect," he said.
"The existence of the banning order will be in itself the ability that police will need to pull them over, search their cars ... simply walk in the door."
It comes after the government last week shot down an uncannily similar proposal by Labor.
But Mr O'Farrell said Labor's bill wouldn't work because it concentrated power in the hands of the Police Commissioner.
The premier's announcement came as police said they had charged a member of the Hell's Angels with a range of gun offences after finding a shortened rifle and ammunition in his car.
The 27-year-old was set to appear in court on Sunday after being stopped at Darling Point on Saturday evening.
He's been charged with possessing a prohibited firearm, failing to keep a firearm safely and possessing ammunition without a licence.
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