Bondi Beach Bloodshed Undercuts Left’s Gun Control Narrative [WATCH]

A deadly firearm attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday evening has reignited debate over gun control policies after 11 people were killed despite Australia’s long-standing and stringent national firearms restrictions.

The Jewish community was targeted during the attack, and two gunmen were involved.

One of the attackers was killed as authorities moved to end the assault.

Witnesses at the scene reported that more than 30 shots were fired before the violence was stopped.

Officials later confirmed that several suspicious items were found near a bridge where shots were fired, including an improvised explosive device.

The Daily Mail reported that bomb squad specialists removed the device and transported it away from the area in an armored vehicle.

Authorities have not released additional details about the device or the full scope of the investigation, which remains ongoing.

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The shooting occurred in a country frequently cited by Democrats and gun control advocates in the United States as an example of the effectiveness of strict firearms laws.

Australia took away its citizens’ guns, but 10 people at Bondi Beach are dead anyway because terrorists don’t care about gun laws.

The only thing the Australian government did was make sure its unarmed, law-abiding, citizens are now sitting ducks, unable to defend themselves. pic.twitter.com/xzwEziEpxk

— Don Keith (@RealDonKeith) December 14, 2025

Bondi Beach, appears that a bystander rushed one of the shooters and disarmed them. pic.twitter.com/iphfol8X0u

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) December 14, 2025

Australia enacted sweeping gun restrictions following the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, a mass shooting that led to a major overhaul of national firearms policy.

After that attack, Australia implemented the National Firearms Agreement, which introduced a mandatory gun buyback program.

During the buyback period, at least 700,000 firearms were surrendered to the government.

Additional weapons were turned in outside the formal program, bringing the total number of firearms collected and destroyed by the government to approximately one million.

The National Firearms Agreement focused heavily on semiautomatic weapons and imposed universal background checks, licensing requirements, and a national firearms registry.

CNN summarized the policy changes by stating, “Rapid-fire rifles and shotguns were banned, gun owner licensing was tightened and remaining firearms were registered to uniform national standards.”

Despite those measures, Sunday’s attack resulted in one of the deadliest shooting incidents in Australia in years.

The Australian government disarmed its citizens while flooding its country with Islam.

People relied on authorities for protection, only to find themselves unprotected and forced to defend themselves against Islamic terrorists.

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— Breanna Morello (@BreannaMorello) December 15, 2025

U.S. political leaders have previously pointed to Australia’s approach when advocating for stricter gun laws.

During her 2015 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton said an Australia-style gun ban was “worth looking at” for the United States.

The New York Times later reported that former President Barack Obama described Australia’s gun control framework as a model for America.

The Times went further in its assessment, asserting that “conservative-led Australia ended mass killings.”

Australia’s gun laws have often been contrasted with those in the United States during debates following high-profile shootings.

Advocates of stricter regulation argue that Australia’s policies reduced gun violence overall, while critics contend that such measures do not prevent determined attackers from carrying out mass casualty events.

Sunday’s Bondi Beach attack has added new urgency to that debate.

While Australia maintains some of the strictest firearms laws in the world, the incident demonstrated that mass shootings can still occur, raising questions about the limits of gun control as a tool for preventing violence.

Ilhan Omar calls for gun control after the tragic shooting in Australia

Australia already has some of the world’s most restrictive gun laws

Those laws didn’t prevent today’s shooting

They just left the (unarmed) victims completely defenseless

This couldn’t be more tone deaf pic.twitter.com/C9ACHSNmAh

— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) December 15, 2025