<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The brother of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/bondi-shooting" rel="" target="" title="Bondi terror attack"><span>Bondi terror attack</span></a><span> victim, Peter Meagher, has used his eulogy to deliver a poignant message to the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/new-south-wales" rel="" target="" title="NSW"><span>NSW</span></a><span> Premier </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/chris-minns" rel="" target="" title="Chris Minns"><span>Chris Minns</span></a><span> and Prime Minister </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/anthony-albanese" rel="" target="" title="Anthony Albanese"><span>Anthony Albanese</span></a><span> on </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/guns" rel="" target="" title="gun reform"><span>gun reform</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 61-year-old was a highly decorated </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="" title="police"><span>police</span></a><span> detective as well as a loving </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/family" rel="" target="" title="family"><span>family</span></a><span> man and pillar of the Randwick </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/rugby" rel="" target="" title="rugby"><span>rugby</span></a><span> club.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Every text message, </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/social-media" rel="" target="" title="WhatsApp"><span>WhatsApp</span></a><span> and voicemail from Peter begins with 'hi darling' and ends with 'I love you'," his wife Virginia said at his funeral today.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/cataract-crash-six-people-rushed-to-hospital-after-crash-between-truck-and-multiple-cars-nsw/35d6dce7-315c-42a4-aa97-c22a41d1b894" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Six people rushed to hospital after crash between truck and multiple cars</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Meagher was working as a freelance </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/photography" rel="" target="" title="photographer"><span>photographer</span></a><span> capturing Hanukkah celebrations at </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/bondi" rel="" target="" title="Bondi"><span>Bondi</span></a><span> before the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/terrorism" rel="" target="" title="terrorists"><span>terrorists</span></a><span> opened fire.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Michael Fitzgerald said he was a man who "believed in justice, and believed in good".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Today, during his funeral service in St Mary's Cathedral, Peter's brother, David, used his eulogy to send a strong message about gun reform.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/final-bondi-beach-terror-attack-victim-funeral/ee94a3a2-c6e5-4efe-b461-772c4d4b8697" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Gun reform alone will not solve hatred or extremism, but an anti-Semite without a gun is just a hate-filled person."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"An anti-Semite with a gun is a killer," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/australia-tax-dodgers-banned-leaving-country-ato/f2111b7d-48f5-497a-bae8-3abb35e01bbd" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>ATO vow to ban tax dodgers from leaving Australia</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The killer on December 14 had six legally acquired high-powered guns.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Under new laws, he would have been allowed to have four guns. What can you do with six guns that you can't do with four?"</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Meagher referenced the rushed reforms through state </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/parliament" rel="" target="" title="parliament"><span>parliament</span></a><span> in the wake of the attack that claimed 15 innocent lives before asking friends to remember his brother for the life he lived rather than his death. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"But if you do think about how his life ended, perhaps reflect on what can be done to prevent it from happening to someone else."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The call to lawmakers was made shortly before Peter's coffin was saluted by the Federal and NSW Police Commissioners, and blessed by the prime minister and premier.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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