The idyllic summer scene on Australia's Bondi Beach—usually a place of sun, surf, and celebration—was ripped apart by an unimaginable horror. In an instant, a day dedicated to the Jewish festival of Hanukkah became a site of mass murder.
What makes this tragedy uniquely disturbing is the horrifying revelation that the two gunmen, who allegedly murdered at least 15 people, were not shadowy figures operating outside the law, but a father and son who had a legally acquired arsenal of weapons.
