Firearms manufacturer standing for One Nation in NSW opposes post-Bondi gun laws that reclassify weapons
Summary
A firearms maker named Jeff Bacon plans to run for office in New South Wales with the One Nation party. He wants to repeal recent gun laws passed after the Bondi beach shooting, which banned many types of rifles, including all the ones his company makes. These laws limit how many guns certain people can own and change how some rifles are classified, affecting hunters and his business.Key Facts
- Jeff Bacon is the managing director of Oceania Precision, a gun manufacturer in Tamworth, NSW.
- Bacon will be second on One Nation's upper house ticket in the March NSW state election.
- He previously ran for Tamworth with the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party in 2019 and joined the Nationals in 2023 before switching to One Nation.
- Recent NSW gun laws passed in December 2025 limit recreational license holders to four firearms and primary producers to ten.
- NSW is participating in a joint federal-state firearms buyback program starting November 2.
- The laws reclassify certain rifles, including straight-pull and lever-release types, banning them from recreational ownership in NSW.
- Jeff Bacon says all the rifles his company makes were banned under these new laws, causing his business serious financial risk.
- The changes came after the December 14 Bondi beach attack where one shooter used banned rifles.
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