Posted March 18, 2019 12:00 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File

It’s not surprising, but New Zealand looks to be getting still more gun control. Now, the country already had some pretty tight regulations to start with, but nope. It didn’t stop a terrorist maniac, so now it’s going to impose more regulations on the people of New Zealand.

It looks like it’s going to happen.

The New Zealand leader’s promise of tightened gun laws in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings has been widely welcomed by a stunned population.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her Cabinet will consider the details of the changes on Monday. She has said options include a ban on private ownership of semi-automatic rifles that were used with devastating effect in Christchurch and a government-funded buyback of newly outlawed guns.

While curtailing gun owners’ rights is a political battleground in the United States, Christchurch gun owner Max Roberts, 22, predicted Ardern won’t face serious opposition to her agenda.

“There will be no opposition to it. There’s no movement in New Zealand for that. Our media and politics are more left wing,” said Roberts, …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.