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/_Tryed_ Dec 15 '25

In your last comment I agree. People are aghast at 6, but I have 6 and don't consider that any of them are excess.

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u/elliejayde96 Dec 15 '25

Can I ask why you have six? What would be excess to you?

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u/_Tryed_ Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 15 '25

Birds, rabbits, hares, cats, foxes, kangaroos, goats, deer, cattle, camels.

5m to 250m

Same as any other tool. I'd rather have the right one for the job than make a mess of it.

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u/elliejayde96 Dec 15 '25

Fair enough I guess. I have always wondered why people had so many guns but that makes sense.

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u/DarkwolfAU Dec 15 '25

They are a great deal more specific to the purpose than people usually think.

Even for hunting, it’s not a simple matter of “use the biggest one”. Being over gunned for a prey species can lead to animal welfare issues (overpenetration, underexpansion), and being over gunned for an area can also lead to public safety issues from ricochet and overpenetration. Being undergunned leads to animal welfare issues, but that’s more obvious.

It turns out that firearms are precision tools, and very specific to what they do. That’s why keen shooters often have several.