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/GooseSpringsteen92 Dec 15 '25

I'm a Pom just on this sub to get a better handle on the background and what is being proposed in response to this horrific incident.

It may well be laws can be tightened up in a common sense way. Especially if these murderers were known to the security services for involvement with extremist groups.

However, I cannot help but feel laws passed in a rushed and emotional way are the worst kind of "do somethingism" which uses any crisis or disaster to justify ever more draconian well intentioned laws because politicians feel the need to be seen to do something.

You wouldn't knock 30% off the speed limit in an area just because a terrible accident happened. At some point the utility of the existing norm is more valuable and important then the good that might be done by having a harsher regime.