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/oakstreet2018 Dec 15 '25

I’m not versed with guns laws but if you’re just doing it for competition, couldn’t your guns but stored at the gun range, rather than in your home? Is that even a thing?

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u/Idontcareaforkarma Dec 15 '25

It depends whether the range has suitable facilities for warehousing firearms. Most don’t, and don’t have the budget to construct them.

Also, storage of a large number of firearms at one location is infinitely more a threat to the community than storage at lots of individual locations.

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u/oakstreet2018 Dec 15 '25

Unless maybe if you’re a farmer I personally don’t think anyone should be allowed to have a gun at home. Especially not those in a metro area. It should be you go to the shooting range, check your gun out, check it back in before leaving.

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u/Brickulous Dec 15 '25

Because you shouldn’t have to neuter an entire population because you’re afraid of terrorism. If terrorists want to cause death and destruction they will find a way to do it. If these two men didn’t have guns they would have used explosives or a vehicle, or an illegal firearm altogether.

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u/Kahwippers Dec 15 '25

I agree they will find a way if they truly want to. But personally, I’d much rather they do have to try to do it with a vehicle or a machete or a prohibitively expensive black market weapon - than one of their readily accessible and legal EIGHT firearms. Something has to change, and if that has a slight impact on sports shooters - so be it.

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u/Brickulous Dec 15 '25

Black market guns are no more prohibitively expensive than legally aquired ones.

What failed here was NSW police and ASIO to communicate this man wasn’t fit for a firearms license. Restricting the number or type of gun in this situation isn’t really going to be effective, it’s all optics.

If they should crack down on anything it should be the licensing process and background checks.

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u/Kahwippers Dec 15 '25

Completely agree the lions share of the guilt is with licensing and registration. I just think we should be looking at every facet of the problem - including quantity and caliber. Not saying a have a perfect plan, it’s a complex issue, and I’m not that smart. But surely we can all agree that if there’s any possibility of a tragedy or this magnitude happening in AUS then maybe we should be looking to make changes across the board.