Australia already has some of the world’s toughest gun laws, but the Bondi mass shooting could lead to even tougher rules as the realization spreads that they aren’t strong enough to prevent bloodshed.

A gunman shot and killed 26 people at Sandy Hook 13 years ago, marking the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. elementary school.

"The government is prepared to take whatever action is necessary," Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said

Officials suspect a father and son of killing 15 people on a popular Australian beach, shocking a country where gun violence is rare.

Mass killings in the United States dropped to their lowest level in two decades in 2025, even as Congress failed to enact any new federal gun control laws.

The prime minister’s office said officials agreed that Australia needed “immediate” reform, including new restrictions on who is allowed to own firearms.

You can carry a gun in lots of places in Ohio: rest areas along highways, public sidewalks, restaurants that serve alcohol as long as you're not drinking, state parks except for most buildings and RV parks. Unless a prohibition is posted, you can carry in airports before security lines, private businesses, workplaces, arenas and hotels.

On Sunday Dec. 14, a father and son opened fire on a crowd that had gathered at Sydney’s Bondi Beach to mark the first night of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. By midday Monday, at least 15 people — aged between 10 and 87 — and the older gunman were confirmed dead,

The country’s stringent rules are often lauded as a model policy by proponents of gun control in the United States.

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