Jacinda Ardern announces radical changes to laws
The changes come in the wake of mosque attacks that claimed 50 lives
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Matthew Denby
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has just announced radical new changes to gun ownership laws in her country, in the wake of the Christchurch mosque massacre that claimed 50 lives.
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The government will introduce a gun buy-back scheme similar to the one introduced here by the Howard government in the wake of the Port Arthur massacre.
‘What we are banning today are the things that were used in last Friday’s attack', Ardern said. ‘We must make (changes) to prevent an act of terror happening in our country ever again.