Members of the forensic team work at the scene of a shooting during a Jewish holiday celebration at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 15, 2025. REUTERS/Hollie Adams
SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - After Australia's worst mass shooting in 1996, it took the government 12 days to ban semi-automatic weapons, organise a gun buyback scheme and introduce a licensing system to weed out people considered unfit to carry a weapon.
Sunday's shooting at a Jewish celebration in Sydney's Bondi Beach, which left 15 people dead as well as one of the two gunmen, raised questions about whether Australia's gun laws, already among the toughest in the world, remain fit for purpose.
