Posted on 04/01/2019 1:18:07 PM PDT by servo1969
Full Title: Following Christchurch Shootings, New Zealanders Have Voluntarily Surrendered a Total of 37 Guns Out of an Estimated 1.2 Million
"I want to remind people, you can surrender your gun to the police at any time. In fact I have seen reports that people are in fact already doing this. I applaud that effort, and if you are thinking about surrendering your weapon, I would encourage you to do so."
After the mosque attacks in Christchurch where 50 people were murdered, New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the government would move quickly to tighten existing gun laws.
Ahead of the new laws, Ardern urged gun owners to voluntarily surrender their firearms. As of March 20th, a whole 37 guns had been surrendered out of an estimated 1.2 million.
Buzzfeed reported:
A few New Zealand gun owners have begun voluntarily surrendering their firearms to local police in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings last week that left at least 50 people dead.
New Zealand police said that as of Tuesday night, 37 firearms had been surrendered to police nationwide. They did not provide a breakdown of how many people owned those guns, the types of firearms, or the districts where the guns were surrendered.
New Zealand has an estimated 1.2 million guns registered to civilians, according to the 2017 Small Arms Survey. That's about 1 gun for every 4 people. In the US, it's estimated there is more than one gun per person.
A day after the mass shooting at the two mosques in Christchurch, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that her government intends to change gun laws in the country, including a potential ban on the type of military-style semiautomatic weapons that were allegedly used by the suspect in the shootings.
Ardern also encouraged New Zealand's gun owners to surrender their weapons.
"To make our community safer, the time to act is now," Ardern said on Monday. "I want to remind people, you can surrender your gun to the police at any time. In fact I have seen reports that people are in fact already doing this. I applaud that effort, and if you are thinking about surrendering your weapon, I would encourage you to do so."
Ardern acknowledged that tightening gun laws in the country where gun ownership is common in the rural and farming communities would create "a small degree of uncertainty among some gun owners who possess guns for legitimate reasons."
She assured gun owners that the forthcoming gun law changes were not directed at them.
37.
I love New Zealand.
Next election might be ugly!!!
Is this a gun for me but not for thee situation?
Sounds like most people are saying, “Nope....Your Move”
Hmm, 37 idiots...............Not a bad number................
Maybe Ardern can ask her Muslim Masters to hit the road and collect the guns for her
Once again America leads the world. When the bump stock ban deadline was reached, tens of thousands of bump stocks were turned in. Criminals were quietly tossing them in special dumpsters outside of court houses. Crime dropped immediately overnight. There were talks of laying off half of the police forces due to lack of anything to do. CNN called it unbelievable but quickly retracted because everyone thought they were talking about their reporting.
Ardern and AOC must be related
But, but just think, NZ being an island nation, the thousands of lives that are being jeopardized in the massive increase in TBAs that are occurring all around the island.
Surrendering your means of self-protection because of violent crime is insane. Like surrendering your life jacket because the ship is sinking.
Surrender your guns and Ardern will protect you ,D’oh
In March, 2013, while in a legislative hearing about legislation to ban concealed carry firearms from college campuses, rape survivor Amanda Collins discussed how, when attacked by convicted rapist and murderer James Biela, she wished she had a firearm to defend herself. Hudak responded: "I just want to say, statistics are not on your side, even if you had had a gun. You said that you were a martial arts student, I mean person, experience in taekwondo, and yet because this individual was so large and was able to overcome you even with your skills, and chances are that if you had had a gun, then he would have been able to get than from you and possibly use it against you..." Hudak's comments sparked outrage and were described as insensitive to rape victims. A recall petition was created by several Colorado citizens opposed to the legislation.Between September 6–7, 2013, Hudak was attending hearings of the Colorado Corrections Department and Parole Division, and was caught updating Facebook and Twitter with material unrelated to the hearings. When confronted with evidence she described it as "extraneous."
On October 4, 2013, a second effort to recall State Senator Hudak as a result of her support for gun control began. Two members of the Colorado State Legislature were recalled from office earlier in 2013.
Resignation
On November 27, 2013, the Denver Post announced that Hudak intended to resign her seat in the face of the recall. Hudak later held a press conference where she announced her resignation. Because she is resigning, the Democrats will be able to appoint a replacement; if she had been recalled, the Republicans could have gained a majority in the state senate. Her resignation was a recognition that the recall effort might have been successful.
This from Wikipedia: Evie Hudak.
Sounds more like New Zealanders trust their politicians about as much as we trust ours.
Well, I have an old water pipe that can be converted into a rifle barrel.
Can the gun wackos give me $800 for a trade?
Then I can buy 50 more pipes.
LOL
The date of the article says 4/1
Which means in about 4 days NO ONE else has turned one in :)
Because it was the same number in an article about half a week ago.
The benevolent dictators are going to get angry.
From me cold, dead hand mate.
I hope a recall is coming again soon. Colorado is going full commie with pole smoker and his librat pals in charge.
37 Surrender Monkeys,
How nice for Them.
No problem mate. Give up ya gun and let the muslin neighborhood watch see to ya safety.
That's not how I read this.
It sounds like the 1.2 million gun-owners are saying "F*** you. Come and get them" to the prime minister who wants to take their guns away from them so they will be left defenseless.
I can't imagine she's very popular right now with that knee-jerk reaction to the mosque killings.
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