US EditionAustralia Launches Gun Buyback After Bondi Beach Attack
The federal government expects to recover and destroy hundreds of thousands of firearms nationwide, citing over 4 million guns currently in circulation as a public safety risk.
- On Friday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced a national gun buyback in Canberra targeting surplus, newly banned and illegal firearms, with the government expecting hundreds of thousands collected and destroyed.
- After Sunday's attack, two gunmen killed fifteen people at a Jewish event at Bondi Beach; one shooter legally owned six firearms, while his father was killed and the son charged.
- The scheme will be funded 50-50 by the federal government and states and territories, which will collect surrendered guns while the Australian Federal Police will destroy them.
- Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister, urged Australians to light candles at 6.47 pm on December 21, with flags flown at half mast, while Chris Minns, Premier of New South Wales, recalled parliament to debate a firearm cap next week.
- There are now more than 4 million firearms in Australia, exceeding levels at the time of the Port Arthur massacre, while the Greens called for further restrictions and the Coalition expressed scepticism.
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