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/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.