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New Zealand police expect tens of thousands of firearms in guns buy-back scheme
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS APRIL 10, 2019 / 11:08 PM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
New Zealand police expect tens of thousands of firearms in guns buy-back scheme
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand police expect tens of thousands of firearms to be surrendered in a guns buy-back scheme after parliament passed tough new firearm laws in the wake of the country’s worst peacetime mass shooting.
Lawmakers in New Zealand voted almost unanimously on Wednesday to change gun laws, less than a month after a lone gunman killed 50 people in attacks on two mosques in Christchurch.
The new legislation bars the circulation and use of most semi-automatic firearms, parts that convert firearms into semi-automatic firearms, magazines over a certain capacity, and some shotguns. This includes the gun used by the suspect in the Christchurch shooting.
It granted an amnesty until Sept. 30 for people to surrender prohibited items. More than 300 weapons had already been handed in, police minister Stuart Nash told parliament.
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New Zealand police expect tens of thousands of firearms in guns buy-back scheme
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand police expect tens of thousands of firearms to be surrendered in a guns buy-back scheme after parliament passed tough new firearm laws in the wake of the country’s worst peacetime mass shooting.
Lawmakers in New Zealand voted almost unanimously on Wednesday to change gun laws, less than a month after a lone gunman killed 50 people in attacks on two mosques in Christchurch.
The new legislation bars the circulation and use of most semi-automatic firearms, parts that convert firearms into semi-automatic firearms, magazines over a certain capacity, and some shotguns. This includes the gun used by the suspect in the Christchurch shooting.
It granted an amnesty until Sept. 30 for people to surrender prohibited items. More than 300 weapons had already been handed in, police minister Stuart Nash told parliament.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-shooting-guns/new-zealand-police-expect-tens-of-thousands-of-firearms-in-guns-buy-back-scheme-idUSKCN1RN08H
