Posted on 03/24/2019 7:55:58 AM PDT by rellimpank
American supporters of gun control are aflame with admiration for New Zealand, whose government needed only six days after a mass shooting to enact a strict new gun law. “See. It’s not that hard,” tweeted Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. “This is what leadership looks like,” marveled Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
It was notable that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern pushed through a ban on so-called assault weapons with so little opposition. Also notable were the claims about what it will achieve. “Every semi-automatic weapon used in the terrorist attack on Friday will be banned in this country,” she said. The result will be “to make our community safer.”
But the assumption that the restrictions will save the country from mass shootings or other gun violence is unfounded. The guns deemed acceptable by the government, which will remain available, would be fully adequate to wreak the sort of carnage that occurred in Christchurch.
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Have they renamed Christchuch to Mohammadmosque yet?
Christchurch, of course.
“This is what leadership looks like,” marveled Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
Maybe she is talking about the shooter.
I kind of like twot.
HAHA!
It took me a second, BUT I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE!
Nicely played.
Petitions calling for New Zealand prime minister to win Nobel Peace Prize gain over 20,000 signatures
They should just go ahead and make murder illegal. That would solve everything.
It’s got a ring to it, right?
All 37 guns that are turned in..
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