# Gun

Following recent gun violence incidents, Australia is implementing stricter gun laws and reforms, sparking debate on their effectiveness and the root causes. Meanwhile, in the US, legal challenges are emerging against restrictive gun laws, highlighting ongoing debates about Second Amendment rights.

### About Gun
This topic refers to firearms, their regulation, and related societal discussions.  

### Insights
- gun engagements hit 563.1M which is 228% higher than it's daily average.
- gun sentiment is up 20.59% from the previous week.
- gun engagements is up 3607.91% from the previous week.
- gun posts created is up 331.01% from the previous week.
- gun Sentiment hit a 52-Week high of [--] for the day

### Engagements: [-----------] (24h)
![Engagements Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:gun/c:line/m:interactions/iv:1d.svg)  
[Engagements 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/gun/time-series/interactions.tsv)  
Current Value: [-----------]  
Daily Average: [-----------]  
[--] Week: [-------------] +3,608%  
[--] Month: [-------------] +6,204,679%  
[--] Months: [--------------] -14%  
[--] Year: [--------------] +25%  
1-Year High: [-----------] on 2025-07-01  
1-Year Low: [--] on 2025-11-21  

Engagements by network (24h):
Reddit: [-------]
News: [----------]
X: [----------]
TikTok: [----------]
YouTube: [-----------]

  
  
### Mentions: [------] (24h)
![Mentions Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:gun/c:line/m:posts_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Mentions 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/gun/time-series/posts_active.tsv)  
Current Value: [------]  
Daily Average: [------]  
[--] Week: [------] -16%  
[--] Month: [------] +1,760%  
[--] Months: [-------] -13%  
[--] Year: [---------] -18%  
1-Year High: [------] on 2025-09-11  
1-Year Low: [--] on 2025-11-21  

Mentions by network (24h):
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News: [---]
X: [-----]
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### Creators: [------] (24h)
![Creators Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:gun/c:line/m:contributors_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Creators 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/gun/time-series/contributors_active.tsv)  
[------] unique social accounts have posts mentioning Gun in the last [--] hours which is down 6.10% from [------] in the previous [--] hours
Daily Average: [------]  
[--] Week: [------] -16%  
[--] Month: [------] +1,455%  
[--] Months: [-------] -16%  
[--] Year: [-------] -19%  
1-Year High: [------] on 2025-09-11  
1-Year Low: [--] on 2025-11-21  
  
  
### Sentiment: 47%
![Sentiment Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:gun/c:line/m:sentiment/iv:1d.svg)  
[Sentiment 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/gun/time-series/sentiment.tsv)  
Current Value: 47%  
Daily Average: 43%  
[--] Week: 41% +7%  
[--] Month: 41% -9%  
[--] Months: 41% +9%  
[--] Year: 41% -11%  
1-Year High: 95% on 2025-12-18  
1-Year Low: 13% on 2025-11-28  

Most Supportive Themes:
- Community Building: (40%) Focus on fostering a strong and engaged community around the topic.
- Educational Content: (30%) Providing valuable information and resources to the audience.
  
Most Critical Themes:
- Misinformation Spread: (60%) Concerns about the accuracy and spread of information related to the topic.
- Regulatory Scrutiny: (40%) Potential for increased oversight and regulation impacting the topic.
  

### Top Gun News
Top news links shared on social in the last [--] hours  

*Showing a maximum of [--] news posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*  

"Injured police officer wakes from coma after Bondi terror attack The Standard Constable Scott Dyson was one of two officers wounded in the gun attack on Archer Park in Sydney during a Hanukkah celebration"  
[News Link](https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/sydney-new-south-wales-australia-press-association-b1263684.html) [@NaturePortfolio](/creator/x/NaturePortfolio) 2025-12-23T08:12Z 228.6M followers, [----] engagements


"Cellphone mistaken for gun in Las Vegas police shooting Shootings Crime A Las Vegas man was shot and wounded after fleeing a traffic stop when officers mistook his cellphone for a gun; he now faces multiple felony and misdemeanor charges"  
[News Link](https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/shootings/las-vegas-man-shot-by-police-had-cellphone-not-gun-report-says-3599087/) [@reviewjournal](/creator/x/reviewjournal) 2025-12-23T03:30Z 300.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Shambles: Why it took years for Sajid Akram to obtain a gun licence news.com.au Australias leading news site for latest headlines Slain Bondi gunman Sajid Akrams long delays in obtaining a NSW gun licence were because the system was a shambles and based on paper records and did not involve any red flags being raised according to NSW government insiders"  
[News Link](https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/courts-law/shambles-why-it-took-years-for-sajid-akram-to-obtain-a-gun-licence/news-story/6520bbec661a5fc6561c50b60ed37770) [@newscomauHQ](/creator/x/newscomauHQ) 2025-12-23T02:01Z 713.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Australias gun laws have long been the envy of the world. They must remain so especially after Bondi Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz The Guardian As a public health expert and Jewish Australian I urge our leaders to ensure gun legislation matches the world we live in"  
[News Link](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/23/australia-gun-laws-envy-of-world-must-remain-after-bondi-ntwnfb) [@guardian](/creator/x/guardian) 2025-12-22T23:18Z 228.6M followers, [---] engagements



### Top Gun Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

*Showing a maximum of [--] top social posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*

"Even if it was a Toy gun she must step down and they must lock her ass up She is a leader of a Society that has gun violence and she behaving like a criminal in front of kids What are those boys learning from a grown ass lady 😭😭😩"  
[X Link](https://x.com/ChrisExcel102/status/2003359547029934487) [@ChrisExcel102](/creator/x/ChrisExcel102) 2025-12-23T06:58Z 3.4M followers, 145K engagements


"@B1TuckerCarlson What's the quickest and safest method to free someone from a dog's bite"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GunloverClub1/status/2003349985837088845) [@GunloverClub1](/creator/x/GunloverClub1) 2025-12-23T06:20Z 809.7K followers, 241.8K engagements


"A group of immigrants lured a Swedish teenage girl to a garden colony cabin in Jrvafltet outside Stockholm. There the girl was held captive and raped orally and vaginally by between five and eight individuals. A gun was pressed into her mouth to keep her quiet during the assaults. After the gang finished the rapes one of the immigrants used the gun in a way that caused the young girl severe bleeding in her genital area. Now youll get to enjoy it too he explained according to the court ruling. The victim later recounted that she felt something break in her genital area and believed she was"  
[X Link](https://x.com/AfgZoroastrian/status/2003330232644771945) [@AfgZoroastrian](/creator/x/AfgZoroastrian) 2025-12-23T05:02Z 77.5K followers, 847.3K engagements


"Everything from the footage of this strike suggests that this wasnt conducted using a drone like most of the previous strikes with the water splashes and visual flashes - likely from a GAU-23/A 30mm Chain Gun - suggesting that this strike was carried out by an AC-130J Ghostrider Gunship. U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) has announced that at the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth military forces under Joint Task Force-Southern Spear (JTF-SS) carried out a series of strikes earlier today December [--] against an apparent cartel narco-trafficking https://t.co/yDN5YOsrV5 U.S. Southern"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sentdefender/status/2003316025534627987) [@sentdefender](/creator/x/sentdefender) 2025-12-23T04:05Z 1.8M followers, 269.7K engagements

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