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New Zealands gun control laws will be strengthened following the massacre of 49 people in Christchurch mosques, the countrys prime minister has said.
Jacinda Ardern said she would consider banning semi-automatic firearms altogether after the alleged gunman behind the shootings obtained five guns legally.
I can tell you one thing right now: our gun laws will change, said Ardern. There have been attempts to change our laws in 2005, 2012 and after an inquiry in 2017. Now is the time for change.
Ardern said the alleged shooter was found to have used five guns that he appeared to legally own under a category A licence obtained in November 2017. He appeared to have begun buying guns the following month, she said.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/15/new-zealand-prime-minister-gun-control-jacinda-ardern
jpak
(41,756 posts)One thing random Kiwis in bars and restaurants and hostels and campgrounds always asked me was...
"What is it about Americans and your love guns?"
I hope they go all Australian on assault weapons.
Yup
roamer65
(36,744 posts)because he was able to obtain the firearms there that he could not in Australia.
I suspect that NZ will mirror Australia as far as gun control very soon.
jpak
(41,756 posts)ansible
(1,718 posts)Nothing really unusual about it normally, but I suspect this will now also have a consequence in damaging Aus/NZ relations.
Cha
(296,829 posts)Jacinda Ardern.
Wish we would do that here.
Mahalo, SunSeeker.
SunSeeker
(51,511 posts)How I miss Obama.
Cha
(296,829 posts)OrlandoDem2
(2,065 posts)FreeState
(10,570 posts)The PM of New Zealand is a former Mormon...
Raised as a Mormon, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ardern left the church in 2005 because, she said, it conflicted with her personal views; in particular her support for gay rights.In January 2017, Ardern identified as "agnostic".
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacinda_Ardern