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posted by martyb on Thursday March 21 2019, @03:00AM   Printer-friendly

New Zealand Bans Sale of Assault, Semi-Automatic Rifles: PM:

New Zealand has banned the sale of assault rifles and semi-automatic weapons after the country's worst-ever attack that killed 50 people in two mosques.

"Be assured this is just the beginning of the work we'll be doing," Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told a news conference on Thursday.

[...]Ardern said she expects a new law to be in place by April 11 and buy-back schemes will be established for outlawed weapons.

"Now, six days after this attack, we are announcing a ban on all military style semi-automatics [MSSA] and assault rifles in New Zealand," Ardern said.

She said the man arrested in the attacks on two Christchurch mosques had purchased his weapons legally and enhanced their capacity by using 30-round magazines "done easily through a simple online purchase".

"Related parts used to convert these guns into MSSAs are also being banned, along with all high-capacity magazines.

"In short, every semi-automatic weapon used in the terrorist attack on Friday will be banned in this country," she said.

That was quick.


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  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by c0lo on Thursday March 21 2019, @06:39AM (2 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday March 21 2019, @06:39AM (#817790) Journal

    You may like my style of fun. Based on what you say, I certainly don't like yours.
    But that's no problem, you rotten nazi, you are not married one with the other (thanks God), and thus we can each have our own kind of fun.

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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday March 23 2019, @02:45AM (1 child)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Saturday March 23 2019, @02:45AM (#818673) Homepage Journal

    No, we can't. You see, last night I became a progressive, so all fun has to either be exactly like mine (which is no longer any fun at all) or it has to be punishable by death.

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    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday March 23 2019, @11:30AM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Saturday March 23 2019, @11:30AM (#818744) Journal

      You see, last night I became a progressive

      What a coincidence! Last night I became Ethanol Fuelled. Literally.

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