JUST IN: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says that all military-style semi-automatic weapons, assault rifles and high-capacity magazines will be banned in the country, following the mass shootings at two Christchurch mosques that killed 50 people
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that all military-style semi-automatic weapons, assault rifles and high-capacity magazines will be banned in the country following the mass shootings at two Christchurch mosques that killed 50 people.
"Every semi-automatic weapon used in the terror attack on Friday will be banned," Ardern said at a press conference in the New Zealand capital Wellington on Thursday."This legislation will be drafted and introduced in urgency."Ardern said she hopes the law will be in place by April 11. She encouraged all gun owners who wish to surrender their weapons to start now.
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