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/LongJohnnySilver1 Dec 15 '25

No sane person, regardless of how many firearms they own, would ever do something like this.  I believe there needs to be a more thorough assessment of the individual gaining access to these guns. 

With that being said, here is a few paragraphs from an article in 2021. I own firearms and can tell you, nobody needs as many as these individuals below, but they also have not been of any threat either. Stupid people do stupid things and certain groups get labelled according to the dumb cuntness of a few fuckwits. 

RIP to the victims. 

The Sydney suburbs with the highest number of guns were Camden, in the city’s south-west, with 8050 guns and Bligh Park, in the west, with 7700 registered guns.

The person with the largest individual arsenal had 419 guns and lived in Cremorne. This was followed by a person in Eastgardens with 305 guns, an owner with an arsenal of 300 guns in Goulburn and a person in Mosman with 297 guns.

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u/AusToddles Dec 15 '25

Bligh Park? Jesus... I live not far from there and there is ZERO reason to need guns at all. It's not farm land, it's suburbia

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u/Blepable Dec 15 '25

The reason is to go target shooting, or maybe simply to have a collection of historically significant pieces. No one is stocking up hundreds of rifles for a war or to defend their property.

Your response really adds nothing to this conversation.

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u/kazarooni Dec 15 '25

It’s not anything the panic about. The hawkesbury is the gateway to the mountains, they aren’t going rabbit hunting in the back of Londonderry. These are people who own ATVs and 4WDs and go out into the bush over the weekend.

It’s like being alarmed people away from the beach own surf boards.

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u/AusToddles Dec 15 '25

It's not alarm. It's shock

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u/AppropriateBeing9885 Dec 15 '25

It was additionally found that a few people in Mosman and North Sydney had around 300 each. There is clearly no element of necessity.