Posted on 03/22/2019 8:04:25 AM PDT by Ennis85
The National Rifle Association has been told to "bugger off" from meddling in New Zealand's affairs as the country undertakes gun law reform in the wake of the attacks on two mosques, which left 50 people dead.
Former Police Minister Judith Collins, of the center right National Party, described how she had tried to introduce stricter gun laws in New Zealand but was met with opposition from the country’s gun industry and lobbyist groups.
Collins said she and other members of parliament received large amounts of material that appeared to have been sourced from the NRA.
"They talked about how we were trying to take away their Second Amendment rights to own guns. We don't have a right to bear arms. To own a gun in New Zealand is absolutely a privilege and not a right. When I met with these lobbyists they spoke the language of the NRA," she told the The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
She added that she still received similar material but now just deletes it. “Firstly, I am no longer the police minister, so I don’t have to read them. But also I know what my position is, and it is not going to change. We have lost 50 people,” Collins said.
The NRA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that all military style semi-automatic guns and assault rifles would be banned in the country after the terror attacks in Christchurch. The move was praised by many, including U.S. Democrats who have called for gun law reforms in their own country.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York wrote while tweeting a link to Ardern’s announcement: “Sandy Hook happened 6 years ago and we can’t even get the Senate to hold a vote on
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It took 50 muzzie lives for them to conquer entire NZ.
Cheap!!
(Has there been an investigation of collusion between Islam and the shooter?)
This is what happens when you put women in charge
At the very least these type of women
hysterical overreacting and stepping on any opposition
Seems logical.
:-) Very clever.
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“Ok...when the chi-coms show up remember those words.”
Given that the shooter spent a lot of time in NK, some of us think the chicoms were behind the whole thing. Especially with the ‘military style’ language in the ban.
Gotta disarm the sheeple before Red Dawn.
Ooops, meant NZ for New Zealand, my bad, sorry.
why would the NRA even open its flippin mouth over there? like my dady used to say...”If you insist on hitting yourself in the head with a hammer, dont come complainin to me when you have a head ache!!”
why would the NRA even open its flippin mouth over there? like my daddy used to say...”If you insist on hitting yourself in the head with a hammer, dont come complainin to me when you have a head ache!!”
They welcome outside influence from Syria, Pakistan and Iran.
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