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A recent mass shooting in Auckland, New Zealand highlights the need to reform our approach to criminal justice, instead of persisting with efforts to restrict the rights of law-abiding citizens under the pretext of “gun safety reform.”
In a nation with some of the most stringent gun laws on the planet, due in part to recent draconian measures put into place, an apparently disgruntled employee attacked his worksite in a mass shooting that left five injured, and three dead – including the gunman.
With so many strict gun laws on the books, one must wonder how this could happen:
- The firearm used in the attack was a pump-action shotgun; a firearm not even banned under New Zealand’s most-recent spate of gun control laws.
- The alleged shooter is known to have a criminal history including domestic violence, which should have barred him from obtaining the now-required firearm license to possess a firearm in New Zealand.
- Indeed, the alleged shooter was actively serving a home detention sentence for another crime altogether but was still given an exemption to leave his home to work at the very site he attacked.
Even New Zealand’s extensive gun-control laws do not stem the drive for psychopaths to carry out horrific acts. A 2019 mass shooting that killed 51 worshippers at two mosques in the city of Christchurch resulted in the enactment of a strict, nationwide ban on semiautomatic weapons in that country.
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Then Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern rode a swell of public sentiment to get lawmakers to ban “military-style” semiautomatic firearms.
But the draconian measures were only nominally complied with, at best. By most estimates, the mandatory “buy-back” scheme only resulted in 50,000 firearms being turned in. That’s barely 3% of that nation’s estimated guns in circulation.
Ardern’s measures didn’t even apply in this case. The pump-action shotgun believed to have been used in the shooting wasn’t banned under the 2019 laws.
In light of these events, the shortcomings of both the laws and the criminal justice system have been illuminated.
It becomes apparent that simply legislating gun violence does not effectively consign it to the annals of history, particularly when these laws and court systems repeatedly fail to protect the victims in such cases.
As seen repeatedly in the United States, areas that have adopted lenient crime policies have witnessed a steep increase in all levels of crime.
Meanwhile, liberal lawmakers and prosecutors persist in advocating for “gun safety,” even as they return accused and convicted criminals to the streets.
Given that some of the world’s strictest gun control laws have failed to prevent a mass shooting by a known violent criminal, perhaps the focus should shift.
We ought to consider keeping such criminals in jail, providing a safe barrier between them and the vulnerable public, while also ensuring law-abiding citizens have the means to protect and defend themselves.
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The New Zealand mass shooting, highlighted by Timesalert, underscores an urgent need for comprehensive crime reform. This tragic event serves as a critical wake-up call, advocating for stronger measures and policies to prevent future acts of violence and ensure public safety.
Known mental issues, ankle bracelet therefore known to authorities and unable to legally possess a firearm. More to come I’m sure.
Of course it is obvious that people kill people always have and always will. Weapons have changed but people haven’t. These open crime laws and lack of enforcement will be the cause.
Whites are in real trouble down there since they have been practically force-vaccinated and mostly disarmed.
Once again, a Govt. puts into place laws to ‘protect’, then that very Govt. utterly fails to implement and enforce them
What mass shooting in New Zealand? Oh yea I forgot the entire fake crap they put out to grab the guns. Like when he was shooting – apparently lots of shots – and all the brass cases disappear before they hit the ground. It must have been the magical disintegrating shell cases. Yep that’s the ticket! This shooting was manufactured to grab the guns and only 2 fought back. Those 2 are HEROS!
I’d rather be a dead hero than someone who has to live on their knees and bow before the government!
what no diversion program for the shooter……man those people are heathens