I would also like to see them change straight pull action rifles and shotguns to class C

I heard some talk of moving away from the class-based system entirely, to a more case-by-case system.

I'm not against the citizen only limitation

Personally, as someone else unaffected (as both a citizen and someone not interested in owning a fun anyway), I am. I don't like the idea of permanent residents being treated as second-class citizens.

In terms of number limits, I am also unsure if this will have any significant influence

I have no idea if this is true, but I heard that after Ahmed al Ahmed disarmed him, one of the shooters ran off and got another gun. Gun limits would certainly prevent that scenario.

And also various other scenarios, like one person owning enough guns to help arm others who do not/cannot own their own. Or using multiple guns because it's quicker to switch than to reload.

Yeah, you're right.

But I think today what needs to change is that only gun clubs themselves should be able to own guns, not members of gun clubs.

Given they were a conservative one to boot, they certainly did. It caused splits within their party, but Howard held firm. For mine, outside the GST it was probably the only good policy his government introduced.

The laws put in after Port Arthur have served us very well. The flaws are identified, they’re within screening for citizenship and issuing licences to non citizens. Change or strengthen those and this doesn’t occur. The weapons they used are legal and reasonable under our laws.

That said, as someone who used to own firearms and spent several years in the bush, very few people have a need for more than a few firearms and it should not be difficult at all for us to create caveats within laws for the small few that do. That includes competitive sports shooters who may need a few. If someone possesses over 100 of them though, you’d think they’d be running a gun museum. Most farmers and professional shooters I’ve met generally rely on two or three weapons. They are necessary, but most purposes on farms or grazing properties are suited by a small and large bore rifle (often a compromise between the two, such as a .223) and a single barrel shotgun. Roo shooters like high quality, flat shooting bolt action rifles with floating barrels. Rarely are semi autos needed, unless it’s feral animal hunting from choppers or rabbit shooting and the caveats for this already exist.

If anyone claims they need more than three, they’re probably not being genuine. For most people in an urban setting it’s hard to justify ownership of one let alone more.

Point is yeah, the governments probably want to be a bit careful here. A lot was already given up and the less window Hanson and her shitcunts are given the better. This failed at the point of visa and licensing and had we had semi autos, which we don’t, in the mix it’d have been a lot worse.

There is some truth to this though the author is leaning pretty heavily one way.

To be a member of a sporting club I need to be a paid SSAA (Sports Shooting Association Australia) member. And the SSAA lobbies for changes in gun restrictions that I fundamentally disagree with.

This is one of the main reasons I quit my membership and went rec hunting only when I renewed my license.

I dont really think this is a fair assessment.

Rowland Browne is a well established anti-gun nut, who other pro gun control individuals feel uncomfortable associating with.

This organisation that he's Co-Chairman of?
https://www.guncontrolaustralia.org/ ?
You could fit their active members in a Kia Carnival.

What they do have is a website and a fax machine, and they REGULARLY spam all the media outlets with "press releases", which those media outlets publish on a slow day.

According to Mr Browne, anyone who wants a gun for any reason is guilty of wrong-think.
"How dare thousands of wrong-thinkers band together to stop rightness!"

We're past the point of diminishing returns on gun control in Australia, but Mr Browne won't be happy until there isn't a single gun, nor the means to make them, and children aren't playing "cops and robbers" with bent sticks.

I'm a bit surprised we haven't heard from Phillip Alpers yet.

Edit to Add: The irrationality of the individual who downvoted me for calling out Mr Browne warms my heart.
You almost get it: you're one person, you get one vote.
But mate, so am I.
Pro-gun people aren't all paid shills, out here to promote the sale of guns and ammo like a shady drug dealer on a corner.
There are 940,000+ people who currently own them safely in this country and would like to continue doing so.

What happened in Bondi wasn't a gun control issue, it was terrorism committed with guns.
And the general public can see it.