Australian leaders have promised to immediately overhaul already-tough gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

For many, official promises to stamp out the “evil scourge” of antisemitism and consider further tightening gun control measures come too late.

Three decades ago, almost 650,000 firearms − about one-third of all privately owned guns in Australia – were surrendered, loaded intro trucks and destroyed. In exchange for these firearms, part of a mandatory gun buyback program, the government paid out $200 million. Gun-related murder and suicide rates plummeted.

Australia's prime minister said Monday that the suspects in the shooting at the Hanukkah event were “clearly” motivated by extremist ideology.

Video appeared to show the bystander, named as fruit shop owner Ahmed al Ahmed, tackling and disarming one of the gunmen on Sunday.

Police said around 1,000 people had attended the Jewish celebration, which was held in a small park off the beach.