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Breaking: NSW Police responding to reports of shooter at Bondi Beach (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 11 months ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/australia@aussie.zone

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[–] joelfromaus@aussie.zone 25 points 11 months ago (3 children)

One of the perpetrators had 6 registered firearms. A frankly ridiculous amount for one person to have. Further proof that access to deadly weapons is… oh, I don’t know, maybe just possibly a bad thing that should be tightly regulated.

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[–] DavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zone 18 points 11 months ago

Imagine how bad it would have been if they had automatic weapons.

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[–] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

To be fair to legitrimate shooters, if you're a farmer or game shooter you'll need different firearms. It's a bit like owning six different sized spanners. The number of guns isn't the issue, it's the use.

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[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 11 months ago

Father was a member of a gun club and a license owner for 10 years. What's interesting is that his son was under investigation by ASIO in 2019 for a possible connection to ISIS.

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