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New Zealand's PM Ardern acts to tighten gun laws further, six months after attack

13 September 2019
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2019-09-13 14:18

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern introduced a new bill to parliament on Friday that aims to further tighten gun laws.

This is New Zealand's second set of gun reforms after weak gun laws were identified as a key reason why a suspected white supremacist was able to own semi-automatic weapons that he used to kill people gathered at two mosques for Friday prayers on March 15. The government had near-unanimous support in parliament when it earlier passed a law banning military style semi-automatics in a first round of reforms within weeks of the attack.

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