An ex-gun lobbyist is revising New Zealand’s gun laws, tightened after the 2019 mosque attack
9 months, 1 week ago

An ex-gun lobbyist is revising New Zealand’s gun laws, tightened after the 2019 mosque attack

Associated Press  

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s government will overhaul the tighter gun laws introduced after a deadly mass shooting by a white supremacist five years ago, because they put excessive burdens on gun owners who feel vilified by law enforcement and the public, the lawmaker leading the changes said. The changes introduced “onerous regulatory compliance,” said McKee, whose political party, Act, campaigned for New Zealand’s 2023 election on a platform for reversing many of them. “Making those guns more accessible will take New Zealand backwards.” McKee’s consultation was a “box ticking exercise, with a select group and a very short time for responses,” Andersen said in her emailed statement. “It cannot be anecdotal.” New Zealand’s gun laws were safer before the 2019 reforms, the minister said, citing the dozens of pages of information now required for a gun license as an example of changes that could deter gun owners’ compliance.

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