US EditionAustralia Launches Gun Buyback After Bondi Beach Attack
The government aims to collect hundreds of thousands of firearms and tighten ownership rules following a deadly antisemitic attack that exposed licensing loopholes, Prime Minister said.
- 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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Australia announced an extensive firearms buy-back program after the anti-Semitic killing at Bondi Beach in Sydney, which killed 15 people, before a...
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