Gun Buy-Back Begins In New Zealand
BY Herschel Smith
5 years, 5 months ago
NYT:
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — More than 150 gun owners turned in semiautomatic weapons and gun parts to the police in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Saturday, the first day of nationwide gun buyback events after the government banned most such firearms in the wake of a terrorist attack on mosques in the city.
Mike Johnson, the commander of the district’s police department, told reporters that gun owners would be paid a total of close to $300,000 for the 224 now-illegal weapons handed over during the five-hour event.
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“They were surprised that they were not able to leave with their firearms when they heard the prices and were not happy with them,” she said.
The most amusing thing about this is that it is reported as a success, but it involved only a few hundred gun owners. What do you reckon word of pissed off gun owners will do to the coming swarms of people ready to turn in guns? In related news, changes have come to New Zealand. A national Islamic call to prayer was issued back in March.
What? They couldn’t trust the government?
Resolve never to be disarmed.
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