New Zealand unveiled new legislation Friday aimed at ensuring only
“fit and proper” people can own guns in the wake of the Christchurch mosque attacks that killed 51 Muslim worshipers.
The measure also increases the jail term for supplying firearms to an unlicensed person from three months to two years, as well as tightening gun importation and sales. Police Minister Stuart Nash said the existing gun legislation was introduced in 1983 and needed updating. He has pleaded not guilty to 51 counts of murder, 40 of attempted murder and engaging in a terrorist act.In addition to the semi-automatic ban, the first round of gun law reforms included a firearms buyback scheme allowing the public to hand in weapons before a six-month amnesty expires.
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