I wouldn't be so fast to label New Zealanders as "sheep".
From July 2019 from Reason.com online:
As of last week, only around 700 weapons had been turned over. There are an estimated 1.5 million gunswith an unknown number subject to the new prohibition on semiautomatic firearmsin the country overall.
Traditionally relaxed in its approach to firearms regulation, and enjoying a low crime rate, New Zealand has no firearms registration rule. That means authorities have no easy way of knowing what guns are in circulation or who owns them.
These weapons are unlikely to be confiscated by police because they don't know of their existence," Philippa Yasbek of Gun Control NZ admitted. "These will become black-market weapons if their owners choose not to comply with the law and become criminals instead.
It sounds like civil disobedience is alive and well in New Zealand.
Seriously. If any significant number of New Zealanders say “go ahead put me in jail” it won’t take long to fill every jail space in the country.
Funny how it works that way. Anybody wondering why the 'Rats want "universal background checks" has his answer right there. UBC == registration ==> confiscation ==> tyranny. Surrendering to the 'Rats on gun control is either idiocy or treason.
Mr. President: What gun control laws do you propose to REPEAL?