New Zealand bans semi-auto rifles after mass shooting

[Ridge]

Because the change specifically targets semi automatic firearms, neither of which those guns are.

[def90]

I'm trying to figure out what exactly is going on in New Zealand. So far I see tons of headlines basically stating that "New Zealand bans all semi auto firearms" but when I search for the actually law that has changed all I can find is that Military "Style" semi auto (MSSAs) firearms are being re-classified as class E firearms. In New Zealand you need a license to buy/posses a firearm and like Canada there are are several different licence classifications. Previously a class A license allowed you to buy pretty much all of your standard shotguns and rifles including AR15s as far as I can tell.

A class E license is now as follows:

"Allows the holder to possess and use MSSAs. Issued only to applicants showing a genuine reason for needing to use an MSSA - such as professional hunting, or participation in service-rifle or IPSC 3-gun competitions."

I don't know what the process is to get a class E license but it sounds like you just need to be an IPSC member and attend matches. In theory it sounds like they didn't really ban anything, they just re-classified them and made them more difficult to get.

The actual changes to the law:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-laws-changing

[ChadAmberg]

What I find worse isn't the gun laws, but the fact that they are arresting people who have the gunman's manifesto and video. They face up to 10 years in jail.

[TEAMRICO]

?Taylor says he has had to turn down shoppers asking for high-capacity magazines, which enable guns to shoot far more bullets than they are designed for.?


Huh???

[Will1776]

From what I understand from the New Zealand Hunting and Shooting forum, the order in the link below was passed and will remain law until it expires in 2020 or a piece of legislation is passed by parliament to look similar and last forever. Boy some of the guys on that forum are pu****s, already getting ready to hand in their rifles and saying the gov "had to do something".

http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regul...html#LMS173647

[eddiememphis]

I have searched several times but can't find what weapons were used. Semi automatic rifles, shotguns and a lever action rifle. Have the specific guns been named?

[Zundfolge]

I have searched several times but can't find what weapons were used. Semi automatic rifles, shotguns and a lever action rifle. Have the specific guns been named?

If you watch the video he posted, he starts out with semi auto "tactical" shotgun with a red dot (looks like a Benelli M2 or similar) then he drops that pretty quickly and transitions to an AR with a red dot (looks like an EOTech ... and with one of those goofy California style thumbhole stocks, I believe a HERA ARMS CQR) murders a mess of people with it, goes back to the car and transitions to a second AR with a magnified optic (or maybe just an aimpoint) and same style stock (pistol grips are probably illegal in NZ). Takes a handful of long distance shots, goes back in and shoots some more (mostly shooting dead bodies at this point) comes out and gets back in the car, drives a few blocks to another mosque where he shoots at people from his car through the windshield and passenger window with a pump action shotgun ... someone shoots back at him while he's fiddling with the shotgun (either empty or malfunction, not clear) and he flees.

[Rucker61]

What I find worse isn't the gun laws, but the fact that they are arresting people who have the gunman's manifesto and video. They face up to 10 years in jail.

This.

[BladesNBarrels]

'Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.'

[Big E3]

Sounds like NZ needs a constitution that prevents knee-jerk reactions by people emotionally effected by a particular event and possibly a dash of freedom of speech. You know, kind of like what we used to have.