Victoria Supports Firearms Law Overhaul but Rejects Gun Cap

The Victorian government has rejected a recommendation to cap legally owned firearms at four per licence holder.

Guns sit on a table at a shooting range in Greeley, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 10, 2025. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The Victorian government has accepted all but one recommendation from a review of the state’s firearms laws, rejecting only a proposal to reduce the number of legally owned firearms.

The Rapid Review of Victoria’s Firearms Laws, conducted by former Police Commissioner Ken Lay, made 16 recommendations in the wake of the Bondi shooting in December 2025, which resulted in the deaths of 15 people at a Jewish Hannukah celebration.