03-21-2019, 02:37 PM
New Zealand Enacts New Bans following Mass Shooting
New Zealand has banned the sale of all “military-style” semi-automatics, assault rifles and high capacity magazines, less than a week after 50 people died in live-streamed shootings at two Christchurch mosques.
In addition to the immediate stop on sales of weapons to avoid stockpiling, Prime Minister ^ Jacinda Ardern announced that the government will use a buyback program to remove now-banned weapons from the streets.
The legislation will be introduced when parliament meets in the first week of April, with a “short, sharp select committee process” for feedback on technical aspects of the law. It is unlikely to encounter resistance in Parliament; the largest opposition party quickly said it supports the measures.
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New Zealand has banned the sale of all “military-style” semi-automatics, assault rifles and high capacity magazines, less than a week after 50 people died in live-streamed shootings at two Christchurch mosques.
In addition to the immediate stop on sales of weapons to avoid stockpiling, Prime Minister ^ Jacinda Ardern announced that the government will use a buyback program to remove now-banned weapons from the streets.
The legislation will be introduced when parliament meets in the first week of April, with a “short, sharp select committee process” for feedback on technical aspects of the law. It is unlikely to encounter resistance in Parliament; the largest opposition party quickly said it supports the measures.
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