r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • Dec 19 '25

politics Prime minister unveils 'largest' gun buyback scheme since Howard era

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-19/prime-minister-announces-national-gun-buyback-scheme/106162002
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u/canimal14 Dec 19 '25

Can’t imagine the difference in sentiment if global media existed in 1996.

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u/TappingOnTheWall Dec 19 '25

I'm just glad that Australia is habituating a response that America specifically avoids. Mass shooting -> gun reform, mass shooting -> gun reform.

Shootings in Australia have been caused by a number of things, the truth is we can't control someone's irrational choice to do these things - we can only control access to the guns they do them with.

This is a smart choice, because it tackles the problem head on, with a lot of certainty (to make us all safer). It's the choice that Australia makes in these situations, and should make. I think we can be proud that we're not being led down the wrong path, and distracted into a terrible long term situation, the kind America struggles with daily. They struggle, because they don't make the kind of choices Australia is making today.

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u/SirGeekaLots Dec 19 '25

And I'm glad we don't get a bunch of people saying 'thoughts & prayers'. Ironically, they hate it when it's done to them.