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New Zealand gun owners begin voluntarily surrendering their weapons to authorities
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| 3/19/2019
| News week
Posted on 03/19/2019 12:19:32 PM PDT by mikelets456
Many New Zealand gun owners have voluntarily surrendered their semi-automatic rifles to police following Friday's terror attack at two mosques in Christchurch, Newsweek reported.
Some have taken to social media to encourage others to follow their move.
"Until today, I was one of the New Zealanders who owned a semi-automatic rifle," farmer John Hart tweeted. "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. We have [to] make sure it's #NeverAgain."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: banglist; newzealand; turninguns
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I'm sorry but this is either complete stupidity or total political BS. It's like me handing in my cars after an Islamist run over crowds in terror.
To: mikelets456
BTW-—this was originally on the The Blaze but FR would not let me post that-—really?
To: mikelets456
There is no way that I believe this!
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posted on
03/19/2019 12:20:33 PM PDT
by
Erik Latranyi
(The Democratic Party is now a hate-mob)
To: mikelets456
but my convenience doesn’t outweigh the risk of misuse.
Where does that end???!?!
Misuse of cars, energy, money??
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posted on
03/19/2019 12:20:50 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
To: mikelets456
This smells like phony news.
To: mikelets456
Like I can't eat meat because the baby down the street hasn't gotten its teeth yet; or, I have to give up my car because the neighbor keeps getting drunk driving tickets.
They've just rolled over for the terrorists who will react to that shooting. Christians being slaughtered around the world is okay because the media never says anything as much about that.
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posted on
03/19/2019 12:22:21 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
To: dp0622
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posted on
03/19/2019 12:22:31 PM PDT
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: mikelets456
Always heard there are a lot of sheep in New Zealand.
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posted on
03/19/2019 12:22:57 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
To: mikelets456
Crime will rise. Rights will be taken. The majority will be repressed. Democracry will turn to socialism will turn to dictatorship.
How many times do we have to watch this before people learn?
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posted on
03/19/2019 12:23:19 PM PDT
by
reed13k
(For evil to triumph it is only necessary that good men do nothing)
To: mikelets456
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posted on
03/19/2019 12:23:21 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: mikelets456
It’s just like The Simpsons where two aliens with nails in boards take over the planet.
To: mbarker12474
Yes, it smells like phony news. But if true, the fools deserve what is coming to them. They do not deserve to be free.
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posted on
03/19/2019 12:24:40 PM PDT
by
laplata
(The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: mbarker12474
"
smells like phony news."Goebbels-Mushroom-Media in action.
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posted on
03/19/2019 12:24:44 PM PDT
by
Pajamajan
( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
To: mikelets456
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posted on
03/19/2019 12:24:46 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: mikelets456
Kennedy was killed with a single shot bolt action rifle.
Are all the farmers going to turn in their fertilizer?
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posted on
03/19/2019 12:25:19 PM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List)
To: mikelets456
Virtue signalling. I hope it makes them feel good.
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posted on
03/19/2019 12:26:51 PM PDT
by
beef
(Caution: Potential Sarcasm - Process Accordingly)
To: Yo-Yo
Some people are really, really stupid.
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posted on
03/19/2019 12:27:12 PM PDT
by
Disambiguator
(Keepin' it analog.)
To: mikelets456
I’m sure all the criminals are surrendering their guns along with the law abiding citizens.
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posted on
03/19/2019 12:27:25 PM PDT
by
ImJustAnotherOkie
(All I know is what I read in the papers.)
To: Gamecock
“On the farm they are a useful tool in some circumstances, but my convenience doesn’t outweigh the risk of misuse.”
That’s the pioneer spirit, that’s how the west was won.
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posted on
03/19/2019 12:29:35 PM PDT
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: mikelets456
A farmer without a rifle? Either its a lie or he is an idiot.
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