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Australia Launches Gun Buyback After Bondi Beach Attack

Australia Launches Gun Buyback After Bondi Beach Attack

Australia Launches Gun Buyback After Bondi Beach Attack
Above: **Watermarked Getty Image. Kindly Replace** A bullet hole is seen through a car near Bondi Beach on Friday in Sydney, Australia. Image credit: Audrey Richardson/Getty Images

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Australia's 1996 mandatory buyback succeeded because it wasn't merely symbolic — it accompanied decisive federal legislation banning automatic and semi-automatic weapons. Collection events mean nothing without the law. Real change demands bold legislation, not just tables piled with surrendered guns.


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