Posted on 03/18/2019 6:42:11 AM PDT by PROCON
Full Title: NEW ZEALAND GUN OWNERS ARE VOLUNTARILY HANDING OVER SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLES TO POLICE: 'WE DON'T NEED THESE IN OUR COUNTRY'
Since Friday's deadly attack at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, gun owners have been turning up at local police stations seeking to have their own semiautomatic rifles—the weapon believed to have been used in the shootings—destroyed.
In the days since the attacks, which saw 50 people killed and dozens more injured, a number of gun owners in New Zealand have gone on social media to encourage others to follow in their footsteps. They want them to hand over their weapons and prevent another attack like Friday's from happening again.
"Until today, I was one of the New Zealanders who owned a semiautomatic rifle," one gun owner, farmer John Hart, wrote on Twitter. "On the farm they are a useful tool in some circumstances, but my convenience doesn't outweigh the risk of misuse.
"We don't need these in our country," he added, sharing an image of a police form registering his weapon for "destruction." "We have make sure it's #NeverAgain."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
Well folks, it looks like my links to the shooter’s manifesto has disappeared from FB. I said in the post that they better read it before it disappeared.
It appears the shooter did what he did to get repressive gun laws passed and a possible civil war in the USA.. it looks like he succeeded, in NZ.
Who says the news media does not control what info you get.
http://milnenews.com/2019/03/15/christchurch-mosque-shooter-brenton-tarrants-full-manifesto/
newsweek wanted to write the story badly.
I found a few articles that mentioned a "farmer" John Hart - he was also a Green Party MP candidate in 2017 - so you can factor that into how genuine this is. One article showed a photo of an "Arms Surrender Form" on NZ police letterhead, but the related comments seem to be from a known gun-control activist.
Lots of left-wing brainwashing going on down there.
The title itself sounds like a Communist propaganda.
They’ll regret it in six months.
I think I remember enough to crank one up.
>>Since Friday’s deadly attack at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, gun owners have been turning up at local police stations seeking to have their own semiautomatic rifles—the weapon believed to have been used in the shootings—destroyed.
NZ has a larger population of sheep than previously estimated...
Didn’t a good guy with a gun stop this shooter? Why would people want to give up their guns?
Much of the media is spinning the Facebook Killer as a right-winger, despite lots of statements to the contrary in his manifesto.
Good analogy.
There’s a lot of two legged sheep in New Zealand.
A buying opportunity for someone willing to make them a better offer.
And how many rifles is the NZ government going to give up?
What a bullshit story!
Lets see the live Facebook feed of the waiting line to have your freedom destroyed!!
Then they deserve whatever wholesale loss of civil liberties comes next.
I’ve always been astounded at the political pundits who claim that New Zealand is the best place to flee to if America falls because their gun laws are Kalifornia-esque. Any place that bans pistol grips on rifles/shotties is having its gun laws written by the hoplophobes.
This man has shown New Zealand, several religious faiths and, yes, even the entire world the error and foolishness of their ways!
May their chains rest comfortably.
Lets see the live Facebook feed of the waiting line to have your freedom destroyed!!
Agreed but if just 2 gun owners surrender their guns, then the headline is true.
Soviet Communist propagandists are applauding from their graves.
Are muzzie gunowners handing over their guns or only the non-muzzies? NZ be careful!!
The stupid hurts.
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