New Zealand Bans Semi-Auto Guns In Wake Of Terrorist Attack

By CN Staff

By Dan Zimmerman via TTAG

From newstalkzb.co.nz:

The crowd in attendance at a vigil at Auckland’s Aotea Square cheered loudly when Attorney-General David Parker said the Government would ban semi-automatic rifles.

He warned of a global rise of extremism.

“There is a dimming of enlightenment in many parts of the world,” he said.

“How can it be right for this atrocity to be filmed by the murderer using a go-pro and live-streamed across the world by social media companies?

“How can that be right? Who should be held accountable for that?”

The answer is obvious: New Zealand’s law-abiding gun owners. They’re the ones who will pay for a crazed killer’s murder spree by giving up a piece of their gun rights and their property.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern vowed she’d crack down on gun rights.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks following mosque mass shootings: “I can tell you one thing right now: Our gun laws will change.” https://t.co/2B0Y9EsYAa pic.twitter.com/W6RhnVMKhd

— ABC News (@ABC) March 16, 2019

And with the Attorney General’s pronouncement, Ardern moved swiftly to make good on that promise.

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Source:: Concealed Nation