CANBERRA, Dec 19 (NNN-AAP) – Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, today, announced that, a national firearm buyback scheme will be established, to reduce the number of guns in the community, following the Bondi Beach shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Albanese said at a press conference in Canberra that, the federal government will establish a national buyback, to purchase and destroy surplus, newly banned and illegal firearms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The scheme will mimic a buyback that was established in response to the fatal shooting of 35 people at Port Arthur, in the island state of Tasmania in 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fatal shooting of 15 people at Bondi Beach on Sunday night was Australia’s most deadly mass shooting since the 1996 attack, which prompted a major overhaul of the country’s gun laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Albanese said today that, there are currently over four million firearms in Australia, more than there were at the time of the Port Arthur massacre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australia’s states and territories will be responsible for collection, processing and payments under the buyback, and the Australian Federal Police will be responsible for destroying the surrendered firearms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Albanese said, he expects hundreds of thousands of firearms will be collected and destroyed.– NNN-AAP <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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