Multiple reports say NSW Police Firearms Registry officials were warned in December 2020 that there was “critical gap” in how extremism concerns were identified and reported within gun clubs. The warning highlights that police processes were not encouraging gun club members sufficiently to come forward with information about potential extremist activity among their peers. The reports connect the warning with subsequent events involving the Bondi terrorist, including the period before he bought guns.
The information is attributed to the 2020 warning to firearms-registry officials, which focused on improving the flow of concern reports from within shooting or gun clubs. The reporting indicates the issue related to whether existing mechanisms and outreach were adequate to prompt members to report extremism. Both outlets describe the same core allegation: that the firearms-registry system faced shortcomings in encouraging reporting, despite the risk of extremist involvement.
The sources do not present new details beyond the warning itself in the provided excerpts, but they agree on the timing, the agency involved, and the nature of the concern raised.
