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On Thursday afternoon, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that New Zealand will urgently ban military-style semi-automatic rifles, with the government announcing a buyback after a shooting at two mosques killed 50 people.
“We will also ban all assault rifles,” she said, “and all high capacity magazines”.
“We will ban all parts with the ability to convert semi-automatic or any other type of firearm into a military-style semi-automatic weapon.
“We will ban parts that allow a firearm to generate semi-automatic or automatic or close to automatic gunfire.
“In short, every semi-automatic weapon used in the terrorist attack on Friday will be banned in this country.”
PM Jacinda Ardern announces gun law changes:
– Ban on military-style semi-autos
– Ban on assault rifles
– Ban on larger mags and modifications pic.twitter.com/4FHLAsV7Dm— henry cooke (@henrycooke) March 21, 2019
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What a load of rubbish - so now, just like Australia, innocent New Zealanders will be not be able to procure firearms without great difficulty, while every thug and their mother will have free access to whatever weapons they want as criminals always do. Nothing is solved by these laws
What would an innocent person need a military style semi - automatic or assault rifle for? Federated Farmers in NZ, via spokesperson Miles Anderson, has also supported this move:
"We agree with the Government there is no need for military style semi-automatic rifles in general public ownership. We also support the move to prohibit general access to, and possession of, detachable large capacity magazines for semiautomatic firearms."
He said the organisation is pleased farmers are still going to have access to sporting semiautomatic rimfire rifles, such as the .22 long rifle, and sporting semiautomatic shotguns with limited magazine capacity.
"These are needed for control of small, mobile pest species often found in groups (rabbits, possums, Canada geese) where quick follow-up shots is important for efficient, fast and humane destruction of these pests."
Nobody needs military grade weapons (except people in the military, and they get their weapons through work).
People are still able to legally obtain firearms in Australia, they're just expected to follow the legal process.
And they're not banning the police or defence force from having them. What do you think happens if there's an armed robbery in New Zealand? Private citizens start streaming out of their homes, armed to the teeth ready to fight the robbers off?
I’m pretty happy that someone who has called themselves ‘monster’ wont have easy access to weapons of mass murder. But one of these weapons on the Australian black market costs about 35k. Not exactly easy access for your average thug and a hell of a money and internet trail for law enforcement to follow.
I went to Fox News to try and gauge the American public response. Wow... Just wow...
Americans don't trust their government and see New Zealand's move as rendering the people powerless to defend themselves should the govt go feral.Apparently the notion that if the American President goes apeshit that uteloads of rednecks armed to the teeth will rescue America fills them with great comfort..This is unless of course said rednecks toddlers haven't shot them first
Yep, it's such great irony. You could argue that this point in history is the one time where the American population actually needs to stand up to a corrupt government. It basically has shown the 2nd amendment is pointless.
Well, the section of the American public who follows Fox News: I suspect the response on the other news sites like MSNBC, CNN and ABC would be quite different.
America’s progressives confuse me, they call the President a literal NAZI who is out to get minorities, the cops murder black people and the government is corrupt and in the next breath call for the government and police to take away everyone’s guns and restrict their free speech.