“New Zealand looks over gun laws after the incidents”
“The suspect is the perpetrator behind the terrorist attacks in Christchurch had five handguns when he carried out the attacks, among them two semi-automatic. He had licenses for the weapons, which, moreover, seems to have been modified.”
“Now promise New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern to the country’s gun laws should be changed.”
“– It is a challenge that we are trying to address through amendments, ” says Ardern.”
“New Zealand’s gun laws require a license, but, unlike in the neighbouring country of Australia need all the weapons are not registered. It allows the authorities have a poor idea of how many weapons are out in the community, according to the site Gunpolicy.org that spreads the knowledge of weapon-related violence.”
“New Zealand, with just over five million inhabitants, is estimated to have around 1.5 million small arms.”
“Australia, with a similar tradition of hunting New Zealand, changed their gun laws after masskjutningen in Porth Arthur in 1996.”
