by Booney » Thu Jan 22, 2026 3:14 pm
Interesting read :
Robert Nioa (Bob Katter’s son-in-law) is the CEO of NIOA, the largest private firearms importer in the country. We’re talking hundreds of millions of dollars in hardware moved every year. That’s a vested interest so large it needs its own security clearance.
So what happens the moment Australians start talking seriously about gun reform?
Out slithers Bob, screaming about “Labor!” like someone stole his hat and ate his mango.
Here's What Bob Wants You to Believe...
That the Bondi shooter’s licence was some kind of Labor-engineered loophole.
Reality? The entire application, assessment, and background process occurred under the NSW Liberal Government.
Labor simply inherited the bureaucratic parcel and rubber-stamped what had already been greenlit.
It’s like if Government A built a rickety bridge, Government B took office a month before it opened, then Bob started blaming Government B when the bridge collapsed.
But Here’s What Bob’s Not Telling You...
In 2015, one of the shooters applied for a firearms licence and refused to provide photo ID. It should’ve ended there.
In 2019, ASIO investigated the son for links to extremism. Nothing stopped.
So unless Labor has time travel on its books, this mess belongs to a broken system, enabled by a compliant industry, defended by politicians with financial connections, and now deflected by a bloke whose family literally profits from gun sales.
If you want to go quickly, go alone.
If you want to go far, go together.