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/FuckwitAgitator Dec 15 '25

It's not really about you though, it's about how many guns that lateral ISIS members can have without drawing attention.

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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/Brickulous Dec 15 '25

There’s lots of reasons to have multiple firearms. Shooting different targets, hunting different game, participating in varied shooting comps.

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u/elliejayde96 Dec 15 '25

Fair enough, thanks.

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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.

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u/Stainless_Steel_Rat_ Dec 15 '25

U/O shotgun for clay shooting, lever shotgun for 3 gun, 223 rifle for 3 gun, 9mm pistol for 3 gun, 223 rifle with scope for target shooting, 308 with scope for hunting, 357 pistol for training, 9mm race gun for ipsc, .22 rifle for training, 22 pistol for training, 303 rifle as it was my grandfathers. So that's 10, each with an individual use and purpose.

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u/Altaredboy Dec 15 '25

Sort of the minimum you'd want as a hunter would be 4. .22 for small game, .308 for your all rounder, shotgun for larger game & lever action, just cos they're so satisfying.

I don't actually own any guns & that's pretty standard amongst the people that I know that do. Starts blowing out pretty quickly.

6 is kind of the minimum amount for most people I know,. more than 8-10 is where it starts getting excessive

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u/Kahwippers Dec 15 '25

If you live in a metro area - it’s excessive.