{"id":113145,"date":"2019-07-24T11:55:35","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T15:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=113145"},"modified":"2019-07-24T11:55:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T01:26:50","slug":"new-zealand-prime-minister-announces-registry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/new-zealand-prime-minister-announces-registry\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Prime Minister Announces New Raft of Gun Control Measures, Including Registry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

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New Zealand is becoming a case study on what can happen when the right to keep and bear arms isn\u2019t enshrined in a country\u2019s governing documents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following a decision to ban and buy back all semi-automatic \u201cassault weapons,\u201d Kiwi Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Monday a massive new slate of gun control measures designed to \u201cstop remaining weapons from falling into the wrong hands.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is a new normal around firearms. It is a change of\nmindset,\u201d Ardern said at a press conference. \u201cThe most dangerous weapons are\nbeing taken out of circulation. Our gun laws date from 1983, and they\u2019re dangerously\nout of date with technology, with trade, and ultimately, with society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re enshrining in law that owning a firearm is a privilege\nand comes with an obligation to demonstrate a high level of safety and\nresponsibility,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ardern\u2019s new gun control measures are unlikely to receive the near-unanimous support that Parliament granted to the \u201cassault weapon\u201d ban earlier this year. Among the measures already receiving pushback is a registry tying guns to individual gun owners, which would make future firearm confiscation much more difficult to evade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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