Posted August 28, 2019 8:30 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

As I’ve often said, the appeal of just “doing something” in the wake of a mass shooting is very alluring. It’s not difficult to question everything you believe when something like that touches your life. I imagine the same is true if you’re a legislator. It’s not easy to hold the course and try to make a calm, rational judgment.

This is true here in the United States and it’s true in New Zealand. The difference, though, was that they didn’t have a strong gun rights movement to stall waiting for cooler heads to prevail.

Now, the previous unity that led to additional gun control in that country is apparently breaking down.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has lamented a fresh loss of unity on national gun reforms in the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attack.

Opposition leader Simon Bridges says his party is unlikely to support a second raft of changes, including a national gun register, higher non-compliance penalties and new controls on dealers.

The National Party’s position, attacked by Ardern as well as the police lobby, is unlikely to scuttle the reforms, given they hold a minority of the seats in Parliament.

But it could set up a major dividing …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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