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Australia is once again turning to gun confiscation by another name.
Following the deadly antisemitic terrorist attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced plans for a national gun buyback scheme. The largest since the sweeping confiscation effort launched after the 1996 Port Arthur massacre.
According to ABC News Australia, the federal government plans to spend roughly $1 billion to purchase “surplus, newly banned, and illegal firearms,” with costs split evenly between the Commonwealth and Australia’s states and territories. Gun owners will be required to surrender affected firearms in exchange for compensation, while the Australian Federal Police will oversee destruction.
Albanese framed the move as unavoidable.
“The deadly terrorist attack at Bondi Beach is a national tragedy which can never be allowed to happen again,” he declared.
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Under the proposal, “rapid-fire, pump-action, and lever-action” rifles and shotguns will be moved into a prohibited category. The plan also includes strict limits on how many firearms an individual may own, restrictions on the types of guns that remain legal, and a new requirement that only Australian citizens may hold firearm licenses.
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They’re about to start arresting people for memes like the UK
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The government says the latest terrorist attack exposed gaps in existing laws. It noted that one of the attackers reportedly held a valid firearm license and owned six guns. Officials argue that number alone proves the system needs tightening.
“There is no reason someone living in the suburbs of Sydney needed this many guns,” the Prime Minister’s office said in its official release.
But the announcement has already drawn pushback. Not just from the political opposition, but from within Albanese’s own party. New South Wales Labor MP and Olympic shooter Dan Repacholi publicly stated he does not support measures that target law-abiding firearm owners, echoing concerns raised by critics nationwide.
Hunter MP Dan Repacholi has broken ranks against Albanese. I agree with him on this. I’d imagine Albanese will try and fuck him over because we all know Albanese is a narcissistic khunt pic.twitter.com/BIdZfdf90o
— EmGeeEm (@jhd_ankh0) December 19, 2025
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Australia now has more than four million registered firearms, a figure higher than at the time of Port Arthur nearly three decades ago. The government argues this growth justifies another national reset. Meanwhile, opponents counter that the response once again punishes licensed owners rather than focusing narrowly on terrorism and criminal misuse.
The government plans to introduce funding legislation soon. States will be responsible for collection and compensation. Officials want all new gun-law reforms finalized by March 2026 and fully enacted by July 1, 2026.
“This national buyback scheme will help get guns off our streets, and help keep all Australians safe,” Albanese said.
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The new law will prevent foreigners in Australia from owning guns. If this had been law the Bondi beach massacre would not have happened.
Just think, I Australia’s officials had offered the gun buy back before the Bondi shootings those murderous criminals would have turned their guns in and the shooting would have never happened!
I think the so called Officials should be held accountable for the murders and crimes!!!
If you have to cancel holiday celebrations because a significant portion of your population might try to kill you, your nation has been conquered.
One of those criminals was on their Terrorist Watch List with no apparent follow ups or action.
Yet, the reaction is to punish Citizens and not address the cancer your immigration rules permit to invade the populous.
Mandatory gun buyback? Why can’t they just call it confiscation? After all it is mandatory, the compensation part is just to make you feel good. I’m confident that stricter gun control will work just like in Chicago, New York, California, and let’s not forget hate speech laws, watch what you say cause someone else might not like it and you can be placed in jail.
The last one worked so well they’re going to do it all over again. 😏🤦♂️🙄
How about mandatory “come and get some”! Oh, and btw, bring your own body bags. WE’re going to need them!
How about mandatory come and get some! Oh, and btw, bring your own body bags. WE’re going to need them.
Jews, like their black pets, ruin most everything in western societies.
Glade iam a AMERICAN, they need a guy like PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP,CLOSED OUR BORDERS,GET IILEAGLES OUT PRO 2ND AMENDMENT
They don’t need 6 guns? OMG!!! That’s enough to equip an army! Making pump shotguns and lever action firearms illegal? Sounds like the Communists are taking over Australia. I guess the next thing will be confiscation of private land holdings and state-run work camps for those that dare to have an original thought of their own (1984). “When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns”. Wake up Australians, your days of freedom are numbered! I’m proud to be an American!
So Australia is going to blame a couple of idiots for the shooting that is going to penalize everyone. That’s just as stupid as kicking out at all Muslims out of the country because of the act of these two. Oh my God they sound just like the liberal states we have here in the US.
“,,,newly banned, and illegal firearms,,,,” Lever actions ? , pump actions ? ,, Hmm , okay , but not Bolt ac tions ( which are what was used in the Bondi attack ? ,,,, Australia has their heads screwed on backwards. Legally Attack(or remove) the people performing the deadly attacks. News flash , criminals don’t obey laws…. making a new one – that they ignore = brainless.
Well of course it’s easier to control law abiding citizens than criminals who will not be affected by such a law. IDIOT
Australia has gone full blown the government is going to tell you what to eat in the morning. It’s now a time to treat your people as runaway children. An I to assume that the government of Australia will be removing all arms from any military they have. Of course I don’t live in Australia, but if I did I would be looking for another country to call home.
Well, there goes my planned family vacation to Brisbane and the Gold Coast area. I’ll go somewhere with a less anal government.
Let’s ask the 1300 Israelis that were hunted down like rabbits and killed. Whole families. And the 250 Israelis that were kidnapped by Hamas, tortured and held for years what they think about Australia’s gun confiscation. Do Australians realize that there is a country called China in their corner of the world that would indeed like to rule the world. Starting with China’s neighbors. Liberals throughout the world don’t think. they only want to feel good. We are doing something. We feel good. What’s the consequences? We don’t know, don’t care-because we feel good right now. Freedom and liberty can be messy because we don’t have a central authority telling us everything they require us to do. People who have liberty get to make some decisions on their own. Self-defense is not a valid law in Australia or England. Let bad people do what they want until the police show up minutes/hours later. Heaven forbid (and the government)-don’t defend yourself. WTF?
The government should Train everyone in Australia to use firearms and supply them with weapons and ammo. Such a citizenry would be very troubling to an invading Chinese army. Like America!
Corrupt criminal Government staged shootings. There is no reason for a criminal Government to HAVE ANY GUNS WATSOEVER . 🤬
“Mandatory Gun Buyback”…..sounds like an oxymoron….get rid of the monarchy and get a real government!