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Australia tightens gun controls and hate-crime laws after Bondi attack
world1 month ago

Australia tightens gun controls and hate-crime laws after Bondi attack

Australia's lower house passed two bills—one to enable a large national gun buyback and stricter background checks, and another to stiffen hate-crime penalties and allow visa actions for hate speech—in response to the Bondi Beach massacre that killed 15; the measures advance to the Senate, with Greens backing the gun package and Liberal support for the hate-crime bill, while the coalition opposed the gun bill and abstained on the hate bill.

via Reuters|
#australia-parliament#bondi-shooting#gun-buyback
Australia Implements Gun Buyback and Mourning After Bondi Beach Attack
world2 months ago

Australia Implements Gun Buyback and Mourning After Bondi Beach Attack

Following the deadly Bondi Beach attack, Australia announced its largest gun buyback scheme since 1996, aiming to reduce firearm numbers and tighten gun laws, in response to the terrorist incident that resulted in 15 deaths. The government plans to purchase and destroy illegal and surplus firearms, impose stricter licensing limits, and enhance firearm regulation and intelligence sharing.

via BBC|
#australia#bondi-attack#gun-buyback
society2 years ago

"West Baltimore Gun Buyback: A Hopeful Effort to Remove Hundreds of Firearms from City Streets"

The Baltimore Archdiocese organized a gun buyback event in West Baltimore, collecting 356 firearms, including handguns and semiautomatic weapons. While some questioned the effectiveness of buybacks in curbing violence, local leaders expressed hope for peace building. The event ran out of cash and gift cards, and organizers acknowledged the need to reach out to young people who are both victims and suspects of gun violence. The buyback aimed not only to reduce the supply of firearms but also to launch a place of hope and promote community healing. Elected officials emphasized the importance of addressing gun traffickers and sellers to tackle the root causes of violence.

via Baltimore Sun|
#baltimore#community-healing#gun-buyback
Gun buyback programs in New York and Illinois successfully remove thousands of firearms from streets.
politics2 years ago

Gun buyback programs in New York and Illinois successfully remove thousands of firearms from streets.

New York's Attorney General Letitia James' one-day gun buyback program on Saturday brought in 3,067 firearms, including a record 751 guns in Syracuse alone. Meanwhile, Mayor Eric Adams has presided over three weddings at Gracie Mansion, and chess master Jerald Times is suing the Success Academy charter school network for $64 million, saying he was fired for speaking out against discrimination toward Black teachers. Additionally, schedules obtained by the Wall Street Journal show that current CIA Director William Burns met with Jeffrey Epstein at least twice back in 2014, when Burns was the Deputy U.S. Secretary of State and Epstein was a convicted sex offender.

via Gothamist|
#eric-adams#gun-buyback#lawsuit
"Gun buyback programs expand across New York state to curb violence"
crime-prevention2 years ago

"Gun buyback programs expand across New York state to curb violence"

New York Attorney General Letitia James will host the "first-ever statewide community gun buyback" on April 29, featuring nine simultaneous gun buyback events held across the state. The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) will accept working and non-working, unloaded firearms in exchange for compensation on site, with no questions asked. The attorney general's office will provide $500 per assault rifle or ghost gun turned in on-site at each event, $75 per rifle or shotgun, and $25 per non-working, replica, antique, homemade, or 3D printed gun. The office is offering $150 per handgun, and $500 will be given for the first handgun turned in per person.

via Fox News|
#crime-prevention#gun-buyback#gun-violence