Posted on 12/15/2025 10:53:49 AM PST by Navy Patriot
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — A heroic man who bravely wrestled away a rifle from an Islamic terrorist during the deadly shooting at Bondi Beach on Sunday has been formally charged with the unlawful possession of a firearm.
"Rest assured, this man is going away to a long, long time," confirmed Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon. "No one breaks our gun laws and gets away with it. No one. We have him on video, dead to rights."
Authorities identified the man who illegally held a gun for three minutes as Ahmed Al Ahmed, a Syrian fruit shop owner who thought he was helping when he fought a terrorist and stole his gun away to protect the lives of innocent people. But what he didn't count on was for the entire ordeal to be caught on video.
Ahmed was reportedly shot multiple times during his altercation with the armed gunman and treated for his injuries at a nearby hospital. After waking up from surgery, he discovered he was handcuffed to his hospital bed. Shortly after, a police officer read him his rights.
"I see now that what I did was bad," Ahmed said. "I should never put lives in danger by touching a gun. Shame on me!"
At publishing time, Ahmed had been denied bail.
(Excerpt) Read more at babylonbee.com ...
They are pretty serious about gun laws down under. Their cops, 4 of which were present, were not sure about their authority to return fire to the terrorists, apparently due to the strict gun laws, also.
Don’t laugh, they’re like that. Just like the UK.
True that.
It’s pretty sad that it took me a second to look for “The Bee.” It is almost believable. ~~sigh~~
It’s the Bee. But it’s not implausible.
Had he shot the guy, or returned fire on the other guy, he almost certainly would have been charged.
New Zealand, right next door, has much less restrictions.
Their from first reaction is to tighten gun laws even more!
A government that treats it's citizens like that does not deserve to survive. I think this government is close to the edge of the cliff and they don't even know it.
We laugh because it’s the Bee, but the day is still young.
I can beieve a story like this in Australia, England, Canada, New York.
I almost believed this - It’s Australia after all, home of gun confiscation.
I know this is satire but that’s probably why he dropped the gun.....fear of reprisal from authorities.
I actually remember a case like this out of MA or NYC.
Victim got the gun from a mugger, killed the mugger, and was charged with murder (or something along those lines).
The GoFundMe for Ahmed Al Ahmed is currently up to $930,000 USD. Bill Ackman also said that he will give Ahmed Al Ahmed $100,000.
Recognizing that this is a satiric article, the similarity between police conduct here and in Butler PA seems striking. And, of course, also the report that the police were aware of one shooter well before this. I can only conclude that being a Jew-hating jihadi is an acceptable argument for getting a waiver of the gun ban in Australis.
“... home of gun confiscation.”
Bur maybe not for everyone, I’m thinking.
A federal judge agrees with this.
The Bee must read FR and saw my posting:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4357360/posts?page=14#14
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