New Zealand begins first round of gun buybacks after Christchurch attack
Where there's a will there's a way
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/13/new-zealand-begins-first-round-of-gun-buybacks-after-christchurch-attack
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Dozens of Christchurch gun owners have handed over their weapons in exchange for cash in the first of more than 250 planned buyback events around New Zealand after the government outlawed many types of semi-automatics.
Police said they paid more than $NZ200,000 in total to 68 gun owners in the first few hours of the event held on Saturday.
In April, New Zealand lawmakers rushed through new legislation to ban military-style weapons after 51 people were killed at two Christchurch mosques on 15 March.
A bill outlawing most automatic and semi-automatic weapons, and components that modify existing weapons, was passed by a vote of 119 to 1 in April in the House of Representatives after an accelerated process of debate and public submission.
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Well done New Zealand - hope you win the Cricket World Cup tomorrow 
