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Sydney, Australia
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20 December 2025, 2:12 AM
Australia Once Acted Decisively on Guns. Bondi Tests Whether It Still Can
The push to tighten gun laws after the Sydney attack tests a once-strong political consensus — and highlights the US’s enduring paralysis on firearms.
Mourners gather at a tribute at the Bondi Pavilion on Dec. 15. Photographer: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images
The bulletproof vest bulged beneath John Howard’s suit as he stood before a crowd of furious gun owners in rural Australia.
It was 1996 and the then prime minister — in the role for just three months — was explaining his plan to impose a sweeping ban on automatic and most semi-automatic weapons. His conservative coalition included a party whose rural support base owned plenty of firearms — yet despite the political risks and threat to his own life, Howard was determined to act.
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