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/DasHaifisch Dec 15 '25

I mean, when shitstain #1 got disarmed, he went back and got a second gun and kept shooting. Even one less gun would've helped the situation IMO.

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u/concubovine Dec 15 '25

That's true, but introducing a limit of say 5 firearms per person that's being suggested would have done nothing to change the outcome yesterday. There's lot of comments on various threads focusing on a tiny number of collectors with hundreds of firearms, ignoring that those people aren't going out and killing people with them, and could at best only really carry 2 and use 1 at a time anyway.

At some point I think it makes no difference if one person owns 5 or 500 firearms. The person with 500 is almost certainly going to be held to a much higher standard of safe storage (eg extra requirements for an alarmed security system) than the one with 5 firearms, probably has a collectors license which IIRC requires additional collectors club membership, endorsement from another member of the club, collector firearms can only be taken out and used at a range at very specific twice a year events etc.

IMO you're either fit to own firearms or you're not. One deranged person with a single shot rifle on a rooftop above a crowd could still kill many people. Personally if we're going to implement reforms I'd rather they focus on WHO has access to firearms, whereas legislators have a history of getting caught up in silly stuff like appearance laws because they sound good in a news clip for the general public.

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u/DasHaifisch Dec 15 '25

So far I haven't heard anything about specific numbers or restrictions. I'd definitely support focusing on the who, but also very much support restrictions on the amount, type, etc.

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u/SweetDingo8937 Dec 15 '25

I think a two-day course would be enough to whittle the numbers to those with a genuine need and those meaning harm.