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Alleged Bondi Gunman Charged with 15 Murders as Funerals of Victims ...
Leaders plan to tighten gun restrictions and improve licensing after a Bondi shooter legally owned multiple guns, Australia's deadliest mass shooting in nearly 30 years.
- On December 22, New South Wales Premier Chris Minns will recall parliament to pass wide-ranging gun and protest reforms, with NSW Parliament sitting on December 22 and 23 to fast-track proposed legislation.
- The alleged father-and-son attackers opened fire on a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on Sunday, with one licensed for six firearms, all seized after the attack.
- Regional figures include data from the NSW Firearms Registry show there are more than 100,000 firearms registered across the Hunter region, including a single licence holder with 241 firearms and others with 135, postcode 2330 holding more than 9,000 guns.
- Proposed measures include accelerating the national firearms register, tightening licencing rules, limits on firearm ownership, and removing appeal rights to the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal, as Premier Minns said, `These laws will make it more difficult to gain access to these horrifying weapons that have no practical use in our community.`
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese convened National Cabinet on December 15 to press for tougher gun laws and pledged, "We will work with the Jewish community, we want to stamp out and eradicate antisemitism from our society.
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