New Zealand announced plans for a national firearms register Monday in its second round of gun law reforms following the Christchurch mosque ...
WELLINGTON: New Zealand announced plans for a national firearms register Monday in its second round of gun law reforms following thePrime Minister Jacinda Ardern said regulations around who could hold firearm licences would also be tightened to"stop weapons falling into the wrong hands".Ardern said the Mar 15 killings, when a gunman opened fire at two Christchurch mosques as worshippers gathered for Friday prayers, had changed attitudes towards gun ownership in New Zealand.
"Under the current law, we do not know exactly how many guns are in circulation, who owns them, who is selling them, who is buying them or how securely they are stored," he said. It also bars people with convictions for violence, gang activity, drug or firearm offences from holding a licence.
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