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| New Zealand Gun Buyback Was An ‘Unmitigated Failure’ |
| 2019-12-24 |
| [DailyCaller] Many New Zealand gun owners have refused to participate in a mandatory buyback program of military-style semi-automatic weapons implemented after the Christchurch massacre in March. Despite a penalty of up to five years in prison, up to two-thirds of firearms banned by the legislation were not turned in before the Friday deadline by New Zealand gun owners, the Washington Post reported. While 47,000 semi-automatic rifles have been collected, according to police statistics, a government commissioned study determined that the small nation likely contains between 56,000 and 170,000 now banned weapons, according to 1 News. New Zealand’s largest gun rights advocacy group, the Licensed Firearms Owners Council, remarked that the buyback program has been an "unmitigated failure." Police Minister Stuart Nash blamed the government’s inability to enforce its buyback scheme on a lack of gun registration. "The problem is we just don’t know exactly how many guns are out in the community, this is why we need a register, to enable Police to better track firearms," he said, according to 1 News. Related: New Zealand: 2019-12-12 Heartbreak, disbelief as volcano victims named New Zealand: 2019-12-09 New Zealand volcano popular with tourists abruptly loses popularity New Zealand: 2019-11-21 More Countries Affected by Terrorism Even as Deaths Fall, Index Shows Related: Mandatory buyback: 2019-09-19 Nation's Murderous Psychopaths Undecided On Whether They'll Follow New Gun Laws Mandatory buyback: 2019-09-15 Democratic senator warns O'Rourke AR-15 pledge could haunt party for years Mandatory buyback: 2019-08-20 28 Shot, 5 Fatally, over Weekend in Democrat-Controlled Chicago |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #9 Next: Iraq-style house to house searches for weapons. Plenty of ex-Army mercs for hire who know how to do it. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy 2019-12-24 13:34 |
| #8 Police Minister Stuart Nash blamed the government’s inability to enforce its buyback scheme on a lack of gun registration. When they say register to be grandfathered, you know they are bullshitting you. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-12-24 13:09 |
| #7 A failure it is. It will be unmitigated when another shooting occurs that might have been stopped had the law abiding only had access to their weapons. |
| Posted by: Warthog 2019-12-24 09:52 |
| #6 Wonder if any old Charltons showed up? |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2019-12-24 09:44 |
| #5 That should be the take away from any gun control push for registration. Registration = Confiscation |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2019-12-24 08:38 |
| #4 Gomer Pyle would be appropriate here, Suprise, Suprise, Suprise. That Police Minister would be right at home in any of the fascist gov'ts of the '30s and '40s. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2019-12-24 08:12 |
| #3 That last paragraph is the winner: Registration = Confiscation |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-12-24 07:20 |
| #2 = the triumph of Hope over Experience |
| Posted by: Dr. J 2019-12-24 01:36 |
| #1 You don't say. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2019-12-24 01:34 |