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New Zealand: 56,000 guns handed over during amnesty
« on: December 21, 2019, 03:44:18 pm »
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New Zealand: 56,000 guns handed over during amnesty
    21 December 2019

More than 56,000 weapons have been handed to authorities in New Zealand during a six-month amnesty, police say.

The buy-back scheme was launched when authorities banned semi-automatic weapon in response to the killing of 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch.

The ban was agreed by parliament weeks after the 15 March shootings - the worst in modern times in New Zealand.

Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50878862

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