2025年邦迪节的一次致命袭击暴露了枪支许可证的缺陷,促使新南威尔士州颁布了严格的新火器法。 A deadly 2025 Bondi festival attack revealed gun permit flaws, prompting NSW to enact strict new firearm laws.

据报道,在2025年12月14日,在邦迪犹太节日的袭击事件中,15人死亡,40人受伤,这促使有报道称,枪手萨吉德·阿克拉姆在2020年获得枪支许可,尽管他的儿子在2019年进行了ASIO恐怖主义调查. A December 14, 2025, attack at a Bondi Jewish festival killed 15 and injured 40, prompting revelations that gunman Sajid Akram obtained a gun permit in 2020 despite his son’s 2019 ASIO terrorism investigation. 新南威尔士州枪支登记处直到2023年仍未完全数字化,由于系统性拖延和联邦-州数据分享不善,花了三年时间处理申请。 The NSW firearms registry, still not fully digitized until 2023, took three years to process the application due to systemic delays and poor federal-state data sharing. 作为回应,新南威尔士州正在推行全面的枪支改革,包括禁止与恐怖主义调查对象一起生活的人使用火器,将拥有武器限制在四支枪支,将许可证期限缩短至两年,禁止非公民拥有枪支,取消对撤销枪支的上诉,并启动回购方案。 In response, NSW is enacting sweeping gun reforms, including banning firearms for those living with individuals under terrorism investigation, limiting ownership to four guns, shortening licence terms to two years, banning non-citizens from owning guns, eliminating appeals against revocation, and launching a buyback program. 民众强烈支持收紧法律, 75%的澳大利亚人赞成更严格监管, Public support for tighter laws is strong, with 75% of Australians favoring stricter regulations amid concerns over millions of guns in circulation.