“Hundreds of thousands of firearms.”

That’s how many guns Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will confiscate and destroy through a new forced “buyback” scheme.

Two terrorists used legally-owned firearms to murder Jews at a Hanukkah celebration. The government’s response? Punish millions of law-abiding Australians who had nothing to do with it.

“We expect hundreds of thousands of firearms will be collected and destroyed through this scheme,” Albanese announced Friday.

This is what gun control looks like when there’s no Second Amendment to stop it.

The “Scheme” — Their Word, Not Ours

Notice the language: “scheme.”

That’s what the Australian government calls its forced confiscation program. A scheme to collect and destroy private property. A scheme funded by taxpayers to eliminate their own rights.

The targets? “Surplus, newly banned, and illegal firearms.”

“Newly banned” is the key phrase. Guns that were legal yesterday become illegal tomorrow. Owners who followed every law suddenly become criminals unless they surrender their property.

That’s how confiscation works. You don’t ban guns people already own — you reclassify them, then demand surrender.

They Did This Before — And It Didn’t Work

Australia already tried this in 1996 after the Port Arthur massacre.

The National Firearms Agreement created a mandatory buyback. At least 700,000 guns were handed over during the buyback period. Another 300,000 were surrendered separately. Approximately one million firearms — gone.

Semiautomatic rifles and shotguns were banned. Universal background checks implemented. Licensing and registration required for whatever guns the government still permitted.

CNN summarized it approvingly: “Rapid-fire rifles and shotguns were banned, gun owner licensing was tightened and remaining firearms were registered to uniform national standards.”

And now, nearly 30 years later? There are more guns in private hands than before Port Arthur. Over 4 million firearms in Australia.

The confiscation didn’t work. Gun ownership recovered. And now they’re doing it again.

The Cycle That Never Ends

This is the pattern:

1. Tragedy occurs
2. Government confiscates guns
3. Years pass
4. Gun ownership recovers
5. Another tragedy occurs
6. Government confiscates more guns
7. Repeat forever

There’s no end point. There’s no level of restriction that satisfies them. Every tragedy justifies more confiscation, regardless of whether previous confiscations accomplished anything.

Australia banned semiautomatics in 1996. A terrorist attack happened in 2025 anyway. The solution? Ban more guns.

The logic is circular and self-perpetuating. Failure proves the need for more of the same policy that failed.

What American Democrats Want

Every Democratic politician who’s praised Australia’s gun laws should be asked a simple question: Is this what you want for America?

Mandatory buybacks. Forced confiscation. “Hundreds of thousands” of firearms collected and destroyed. Gun owners treated as subjects who possess weapons at government discretion rather than citizens with rights.

That’s the Australian model. That’s what “common sense gun reform” leads to when there’s no constitutional protection.

The only thing stopping it in America is the Second Amendment — and the millions of Americans who refuse to comply.

24 Million AR-15s in America

Consider the scale of what Australian-style confiscation would mean here.

Over 24 million AR-15s and similar rifles in American hands. Over 400 million total firearms. Tens of millions of gun owners across every state.

Australia confiscated a million guns from a population of 18 million. America would need to confiscate 400 times as many from a population 17 times larger — a population with a constitutional right to bear arms and a culture of resistance to government overreach.

It’s not happening. Not peacefully, anyway.

The Terrorists Had Licenses

Here’s the detail that makes Australia’s response absurd.

The terrorists who attacked Bondi Beach obtained their firearms legally. One held a valid license. He passed whatever background checks Australia requires.

The existing system — the strict licensing, the registration, the universal background checks — didn’t stop them. The 1996 confiscation didn’t prevent this attack.

So the government’s solution is… more of what didn’t work?

If a terrorist can obtain legal firearms despite Australia’s strict gun laws, why would making those laws stricter prevent the next attack? The system already failed. More system won’t fix it.

“Surplus, Newly Banned, and Illegal”

Look at those three categories again.

“Illegal firearms” — sure, confiscate those. Nobody argues against taking guns from criminals.

“Newly banned firearms” — this is where the tyranny lives. The government decides what’s legal. Then it changes its mind. Then it demands you surrender property you legally purchased.

“Surplus firearms” — meaning the government will decide how many guns you’re allowed to own. Have more than the permitted number? Surrender the “surplus.”

Who decides what’s surplus? The government. What’s the limit? Whatever the government says. Can you appeal? To the government.

This is what living without rights looks like.

Registration Enables Confiscation

Notice how Australia’s system works.

After 1996, remaining firearms were “registered to uniform national standards.” The government knows who owns what guns.

Now the government is confiscating again. They know exactly whose doors to knock on. The registration database tells them everything.

This is why American gun owners resist registration so fiercely. It’s not paranoia — it’s pattern recognition. Registration creates the infrastructure for confiscation. Australia proves it.

First they register. Then they confiscate. Every single time.

The Second Amendment Difference

Americans sometimes take the Second Amendment for granted.

Look at Australia and remember why it matters.

Without constitutional protection, gun rights exist only at government discretion. Politicians can eliminate them whenever they decide it’s convenient. A terrorist attack, a mass shooting, a moral panic — any excuse works.

The Second Amendment doesn’t prevent tragedies. It prevents the government response from being worse than the tragedy itself. It protects the right of self-defense from politicians who would leave citizens helpless.

Australians don’t have that protection. Now they’re surrendering hundreds of thousands of firearms because their government demands it.

The Bondi Beach Victim Who Couldn’t Fight Back

Remember the survivor who reported that police prevented her from fighting back during the attack.

That’s the Australian model in action. Civilians are disarmed. Self-defense is prohibited. When terrorists attack, victims can only wait for police to arrive — and hope they survive long enough.

Fifteen people didn’t survive at Bondi Beach. They were defenseless by design. The same government that disarmed them now promises that confiscating more guns will prevent the next attack.

It won’t. But Australians won’t have the means to defend themselves when it happens.

America Is Watching

Every American who owns firearms should pay attention to Australia.

This is what they want for you. This is what “common sense gun reform” leads to. This is the end state of every gun control proposal Democrats have ever made.

Mandatory buybacks. Forced confiscation. Hundreds of thousands of firearms collected and destroyed. The government deciding who can own guns, how many, and what types.

The only thing stopping it is the Second Amendment and the millions of Americans who will never surrender their rights.

Albanese announced his “scheme” on Friday.

Americans should respond by buying more ammunition.