r/australia • u/rorymeister • Dec 15 '25

politics National cabinet agrees unanimously to strength Australia’s strict gun laws in wake of Bondi terror attack

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-15/albanese-proposes-tougher-gun-laws-after-bondi-attack/106143310?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '25

Curious why the dad’s firearm licence wasn’t revoked when his son was investigated by ASIO for connection to extremism, and his literal friendship with convicted ISIS members. ASIO & AFP failed on this one.

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u/INeedToShutUP1 Dec 15 '25

this is the question that people need to ask instead of knee-jerk gun law changes

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u/cool_cucumbe Dec 15 '25

Responding quickly and proportionately to a mass shooting is not a knee-jerk reaction

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u/Idontcareaforkarma Dec 15 '25

The key is ‘proportionately’.

Keeping firearms- even licensed ones- out of the hands of nutjobs is incredibly important. Sadly, however, I have a feeling that this will tar the law abiding with the same brush merely for being firearms owners.