Matt Gurney: The country has been widely praised for its gun crackdown, but it is mostly just catching up to Canada’s existing laws
Shortly after the horrific massacre of 50 Muslims at prayer in Christchurch earlier this month, the New Zealand government moved swiftly to amend its gun control laws. In a matter of days, the country’s government had issued an order reclassifying numerous guns, effectively banning them from civilian possession.
But in Canada, despite some commentary you might have read suggesting otherwise, New Zealand isn’t showing us the way. It is mostly just catching up to where we already are. That hasn’t stopped the Canadian media and the usual collection of gun control activists from pretending otherwise. “”The huge difference is that New Zealand is acting and Canada is not,” one activist told the CBC. A Globe and Mail columnist wondered if Canada will be “as brave” as New Zealand and crack down on guns.
Any analysis of firearms policy always bogs down in technical jargon eventually. This is that moment for this column, but I’ll try to keep it simple: the “magazine” is simply the part of the gun that holds the ammunition until it’s fired. As each round is fired, its now-empty shell is ejected, and a spring mechanism pushes the next round into position to be fired. In a semi-automatic gun, the process is fast, and the gun can be fired until the magazine is empty.
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