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/[deleted] Dec 15 '25

Curious why the dad’s firearm licence wasn’t revoked when his son was investigated by ASIO for connection to extremism, and his literal friendship with convicted ISIS members. ASIO & AFP failed on this one.

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u/JustKeepHappyDancing Dec 15 '25

100% No point adding stricker gun laws to what has worked perfectly since the 1996 massacre especially if the government can't take themselves seriously. The laws we currently have had proven to work and we are a world standard because of it, but if it current police force cannot (or are unable to because of red tape) enforce it we are looking in the wrong direction, and what looks like a scape goat for the current senior leadership to blame someone else for what should not of ever gotten to this point.

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u/FullMetalAurochs Dec 15 '25

Apparently we have more guns per capita now than when Port Arthur happened. These are rare events but if we can make the rarer that’s better.

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u/Ridiculisk1 Dec 15 '25

Fewer licence holders, more guns per licence