What are the Severe New Zealand Gun Restrictions?

Ammoland ^ | 11 April, 2019 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

The far left New Zealand government has banned many semi-automatic firearms in the media frenzy following the mass murder at the Christchurch  (ironic name!) mosques.  A small number of New Zealanders called for calm and rational deliberation in the rush to pass new legislation. They were ignored in the frenzy to pass restrictions on gun ownership.

The New Zealand censor ruled it illegal for New Zealand citizens to read the manifesto of the political terrorist who did the killing. Any discussion of immigration and Islamic terrorism, which were used to justify the killings, were ignored. Instead, the New Zealand government did precisely what the political terrorist predicted it would do: severely restrict firearms ownership.

Consider: major changes in the law, impacting 3-4 percent of New Zealand's population, were enacted because of one major criminal act of political terrorism in over 100 years of New Zealand history.

It has been difficult to find the details of the new legislation. Forensic Magazine has done a good job of boiling down the legalese. These appear to be the prohibited firearms and parts. From forensicmag.com:

The specific items prohibited under the new law are:

• Weapons classified as a military-style semi-automatic firearms (MSSAs);
• Semi-automatic firearms, excepting those that only fire 0.22 caliber or less rimfire cartridges and having a maximum magazine capacity of 10 cartridges, and also excepting semi-automatic shotguns with non-detachable magazines with a capacity of five or less cartridges;
• Pump-action shotguns with detachable magazines, or non-detachable magazines with a capacity of greater than five cartridges; and
• Parts that can convert

[marktwain]

Most Semi-Automatics are banned, but there are exceptions for .22 and smaller caliber rimfires with magazines of 10 or less rounds, and shotguns that hold 5 or less rounds.

The ban does not apply to pistols.

The legislative language is convoluted, I expect there will be much "interpretation".

[Chickensoup]

I dont mean to hijack this threat but does anyone have a live link to the Christchurch shooting?

[Bonemaker]

From the horse's (ass) mouth:

New Zealand Police

Must make democrats dampen themselves.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

All that was really needed was to take the rifles and weld up the gas port. Now you had a military style weapon that was now just a straight pull bolt action rifle. BUT IT WOULD STILL LOOK SCARY! and scary is what they really are using as an excuse to ban them.

[marktwain]

Legislation written by people who know almost nothing about firearms, and don’t want to know.

They just want to make the bad gun go away!