New Zealand's government introduces a bill it plans to rush into law that would ban the weapons a gunman used to kill 50 people at 2 mosques.
A billboard advertises a gun shop in Christchurch, New Zealand, Monday, April 1, 2019. New Zealand's government has introduced a bill to ban the types of weapons used by a terrorist to kill 50 people at two mosques.
He said one of the weapons used by the gunman was an AR-15 style rifle, and that all the weapons the gunman used in the attacks would be banned. Nash said the gunman had left a national legacy of harm, pain and grief. He said the gunman was able to buy a semi-automatic guns and high-capacity magazines legally, and then put them together to create military-style weapons.
The government intends to compensate owners of banned guns in a buyback scheme that will cost up to 200 million New Zealand dollars . An amnesty will give people until Sept. 30 to hand over banned weapons.
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