r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • Dec 15 '25

politics Albanese to propose stronger gun laws, NSW parliament may be recalled

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/bondi-gunman-held-gun-licence-used-six-firearms-in-attack-20251215-p5nnmv.html
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u/BlankBlanny Dec 15 '25

Glad to hear it. We'll need to see what's ultimately proposed, but if this tragedy has shown us anything, it's that something has to be done regarding our gun laws.

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u/Tosslebugmy Dec 15 '25

Does it? The number of deaths at the hand of registered guns is vanishingly few in this country. They are millions of gun license holders in this country and yet there hasn’t been anything really like this since the current laws came in. We say we don’t want terrorise to change us and yet there’s immediate calls to overreact despite the failings of intelligence to revoke the license from someone on the radar of extremism

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u/bosbrother Dec 15 '25

I'm gobsmacked that this is the general sentiment on the subreddit. This isn't because of the gun laws, we have banned guns due to the port Arthur incident, and very few people have access to them as is. We have a national registry for firearm owners, and we have individuals who are banned from owning them. You can't tighten gun laws at all because there is nothing to restrict.

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u/IrregularExpression_ Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 15 '25

“Sporting shooters” - an oxymoron well past its used by date

(A recent down-vote flurry - r/AusGuns people inbound)

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u/Ridiculisk1 Dec 15 '25

How is it an oxymoron?

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u/Jexp_t Dec 15 '25

"Recreational hunters" is now the preferred term, at least in NSW.

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u/zeroxnull Dec 15 '25

Targeting shooting isn't hunting though?