Gun owners would be forced to surrender their medical records when obtaining a license under a coroner's recommendation, following the self-inflicted shooting of a man with mental illness.
Requiring applicants to prove they are a "fit and proper" person would plug gaps in Victoria's current gun licensing model, Coroner Simon McGregor said in findings released on Wednesday.
It opens a new front in the jostling around gun laws following the Bondi terror attack, weeks after the Victorian government ruled out introducing a cap on the number of firearms a person can own.
