Every era of warfare produces a handful of rifles that surpass expectations the moment they reach the battlefield. These are the weapons soldiers trust immediately. Rifles that cycle cleanly in dust and mud,

Three decades ago, almost 650,000 firearms − about one-third of all privately owned guns in Australia – were surrendered, loaded intro trucks and destroyed. In exchange for these firearms, part of a mandatory gun buyback program, the government paid out $200 million. Gun-related murder and suicide rates plummeted.

According to the authorities, ​the older shooter at Bondi, named as ⁠Sajid Akram, 50, who was shot dead by police, received his gun licence in 2023 and had six legally owned w