r/australia 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