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Bleijie did not say how many guns a single person would be allowed to own under new limits, or when this would be legislated. A recent inquest also recommended new laws to require mental health checks for gun owners.
Queensland has already backed a National Firearms Register.
NSW Premier Chris Minns will recall parliament next week to pass reforms said to give his state the strictest gun laws in the country after it emerged that one of the shooters, 50-year-old Sajid Akram, held a NSW gun licence for the six firearms he and his son, Naveed, allegedly used in the attack.
Minns is also considering a ban on protests while the state is under a terrorism designation, and has said the West Australian cap of five guns was too high. The NSW state Liberal opposition has committed to work with Minns, but also warned about gun laws being a distraction.
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli said on Tuesday that his government would be considering further reforms to address antisemitism, without providing detail.
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On Wednesday, Bleijie said he was unaware of the NSW plans and would not be drawn on whether the Crisafulli government would recall state parliament before a scheduled return in mid-February.
Speaking just an hour after Bleijie, state Opposition Leader Steven Miles – in his first media conference since the attack – said the hearts of his team were with the Jewish community.
“We also, as the Queensland Labor team, stand ready to work with the Crisafulli government on sensible reforms to ensure that an incident like this can never happen again,” Miles said, citing the recall of the NSW parliament.
“If David Crisafulli was anything like the kind of leader that John Howard was, he would be moving swiftly now, responding to these calls to get dangerous guns out of the hands of extremists and implement these reforms.”
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Miles said such changes should include national cabinet’s proposals, those being acted on in NSW, and the Wieambilla inquest’s calls, adding that governments could, and must, address both gun laws and antisemitism.
“I don’t think politicians should be blaming each other rather than acting in ways that we know will help,” he said.
In a statement on Wednesday, Queensland’s peak farmers body, AgForce, said any gun law changes needed to focus on preventing violent criminal acts rather than burdening law-abiding gun owners who rely on them for their livelihoods.
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