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Colion Noir is pushing back on the gun control narrative following a deadly mass shooting in Australia. He points to the attack as evidence that bans don’t stop determined evil.
According to authorities, two gunmen opened fire during a Jewish community celebration marking the first night of Hanukkah near Sydney’s Bondi Beach. At least 15 people were killed.
One attacker was killed during the incident, another was taken into custody in critical condition, and investigators are now looking into whether a third individual may have been involved.
Australian officials labeled the attack terrorism. The shooters reportedly used long guns, and police later located a vehicle connected to the suspects that appeared to contain improvised explosive devices.
This matters because Australia is routinely cited as proof that sweeping gun bans “work.” After the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, the country implemented mandatory gun buybacks, strict licensing, and sweeping prohibitions on civilian firearm ownership. Firearms are treated as rare, tightly controlled, and difficult to obtain.
And yet, the attackers still acquired guns. They also brought bombs.
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That reality undercuts the core claim behind gun bans, that removing lawful firearms prevents mass violence. The Bondi Beach attack shows the opposite. When someone is committed to mass murder, laws do not stop intent. They only shape the conditions under which victims are forced to respond.
During the attack, video footage captured a civilian in white clothing sprinting toward one of the gunmen, tackling him, and wrestling what appeared to be a shotgun from his hands. He had no firearm. No armor. No badge. He used his body.
Bans don’t stop bullets. Courage did.
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A civilian tackled an attacker.
Lives saved despite the system.
People stop evil, not Gun Free Nations.pic.twitter.com/EacbS4nhHq
The act was undeniably brave. It was also desperate.
As highlighted in the video, heroism should not require self-sacrifice when capability is an option. If someone is willing to charge an armed attacker with their bare hands, they are more than capable of stopping that threat with a firearm. If they are allowed to have one.
Instead, bystanders could do little more than record the attack as it unfolded. Not because they lacked courage, but because they were legally defenseless.
Australia’s geography makes this even harder to ignore. It is a massive island with no shared borders. No land crossings. No neighboring countries. Despite that isolation, and despite decades of confiscation and bans, firearms and explosives still made their way to the attackers.
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This was not an enforcement failure. It was proof that banning objects does not eliminate evil.
The broader context matters as well. Australia is currently experiencing a surge in violent crime, particularly in cities like Melbourne, where home invasions, carjackings, stabbings, and machete attacks have become increasingly common. As firearms disappear, violence does not stop. It changes tools, as Noir correctly asserts.
The policy response remains the same: more police power, more stop-and-search authority, and more centralized control, rather than empowering individuals to defend themselves.
The Bondi Beach attack leaves a stark choice. You cannot legislate evil out of existence. You can only decide whether innocent people are helpless or capable when it arrives.
That decision matters more than any gun law ever passed.
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