Posted on 12/21/2019 6:04:21 AM PST by Eddie01
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.
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Paint it black and you would get a bonus!!
“What makes you think that the Nazi gun-grabbers won’t be attacked and disarmed in their homes at 3am?”
I like the attitude. Go on the offense!
Of course - flat black. Looks ominous. Put a cheap telescope on top.
That’s a good point.
Freegards
Criminals are “Socially Friendly Elements” to the Commies.
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