Gun owners must be licensed but most of their weapons don't have to be registered.
, the morning after 50 people were killed and 50 others injured in shooting attacks at two Christchurch mosques.
Ardern said the primary shooter used five guns, including semiautomatic weapons and shotguns, adding that he obtained a gun license in November 2017 and acquired the guns legally thereafter.New Zealand politicians are holding a Cabinet meeting on Monday to discuss and outline a ban on military-style semiautomatic weapons like those in the arsenal allegedly used by accused gunman Brenton Tarrant.Unlike in the United States, New Zealanders do not have a constitutional right to own guns.
Unlike the United Kingdom and Australia, New Zealand has not banned the ownership of semi-automatic assault weapons.New Zealand's largest and most popular auction and classifieds site, announced it would halt the sale of semiautomatic weapons on its platformIn her speech on Friday, Ardern noted that there have been attempts to change the country's gun laws in 2005, 2012, and most recently in 2017.
In 1992 the nation passed a number of laws two years after a massacre in which 13 people were killed by a licensed gunman carrying semiautomatic firearms in the southern town of Aramoana. But the changes did not include a total ban. In a 1997 review of the country's guns laws commissioned by police officials recommended that MSSA weapons be banned and subject to a mandatory buyback but the recommendation was never adopted.
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