Gun laws and the helpless horror of Bondi

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 15: New South Wales Premier Chris Minns (C) arrives to lay flowers at a memorial in the wake of a mass shooting at Bondi Pavilion at Bondi Beach on December 15, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. Police say at least 16 people, including one suspected gunman, were killed and more than a dozen others injured when two attackers opened fire near a Hanukkah celebration at the world-famous Bondi Beach, in what authorities have declared a terrorist incident. (Photo by George Chan/Getty Images)