Premier faces backlash over gun reform, protest limits

State parliament has been urgently recalled on Monday to pass legislation across multiple areas, including laws to cap gun ownership at four firearms with strict exemptions for primary producers and sports shooters,

Magazine capacity for certain guns will be limited to five to 10 rounds, down from an unlimited capacity, and some firearms such as straight-pull and pump action will be re-classified, further restricting their use.

But the legislation faces opposition from various quarters, with the Nationals questioning the gun limits while the Greens are against further protest restrictions.

Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane said the changes to gun laws had been rushed, adding the coalition would meet on Monday before parliament to decide on a final position.

"There's been zero consultation or very little consultation with stakeholders, certainly not with the opposition," Ms Sloane told ABC TV.

NSW Farmers branding the gun reforms unworkable, saying changing licence renewal periods from five to two years was ridiculous and requiring farmers to join a gun club - which could be hours away from their property - was burdensome.

"It's more red tape for law-abiding farmers," president Xavier Martin said.

But Ms Sloane backed the premier's crackdown on protests through legislation to ban public assemblies once a terrorist designation has been declared by the police.

The designation will last 14 days and can be extended for up to three months. 

Civil liberties groups have come out against the ban, branding it overreach.

Labor Friends of Palestine NSW said the move restricted the right to public assembly, increased police powers and limited political expression.

"The legislative proposals, and the misinformation and rhetoric being used to justify them, only serve to undermine the social cohesion that the premier claims to care so deeply about," it said in a statement.

"Especially for those seeking to demonstrate solidarity with the Palestinian people, whose just cause is recognised in our party's platform and in international law."

Mr Minns has blamed pro-Palestinian protests for breeding anti-Semitic rhetoric, saying those acts could develop into violence. 

"I believe that in many cases when you see violent imagery and hateful slogans and chants on the steps of the Opera House or in our parks or in our community, it is unleashing forces that the organisers of the protests can't control," he said on Sunday.

Pro-Palestinian activists have rejected any attempt to link their protests to the Bondi attack, which left 15 people dead after gunmen targeted Hanukkah celebrations.

The massacre was carried out by a father-and-son duo with apparent Islamic State motivation.

Australian Associated Press