Australian State Tightens Gun, Protest Laws After Bondi Attack

Australia’s most populous state tightened laws on gun ownership and public assembly in the wake of a terrorist attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach in which two ISIS-inspired gunmen killed 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration.

The New South Wales government convened an emergency session of parliament to approve measures such as limiting the number of firearms an individual can own. It also bans a person owning a gun if they have been investigated for terrorism-related offenses or live with someone who has been investigated for such offenses, Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported.