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(94,692 posts) Sat Mar 16, 2019, 11:13 AM Mar 2019

Just like that, New Zealand will ban semi-automatic weapons [View all]

Lily Adams @adamslily 4h4 hours ago
Well look at that.

Kenny Williams @Ohheykenny
Minister David Parker confirmed that Semi Automatic weapons will be banned in New Zealand.

Link to tweet

think progress: https://thinkprogress.org/new-zealand-to-ban-semi-automatic-rifles-after-mosques-mass-shooting-94368014abb4/

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Just like that, New Zealand will ban semi-automatic weapons [View all] bigtree Mar 2019 OP

This is what we need! No semi autos. sharedvalues Mar 2019 #1

Remington and Smith & Wesson would have hissy fits Raster Mar 2019 #6

Which is why we need to reduce influence of corporate money sharedvalues Mar 2019 #7

One living breathing person should equal one vote... Raster Mar 2019 #13

You and me, both, sharedvalues! Ohiogal Mar 2019 #26

Why do these companies still get to market such dangerous weapons? Generic Other Mar 2019 #15

Thoughts and prayers for the weapons manufacturers. stopbush Mar 2019 #35

Some folks choose life malaise Mar 2019 #2

that would make for an excellent billboard along the highway gopiscrap Mar 2019 #11

+1 (nt) mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #27

All of them? NZ must have a least a dozen in the whole country. flying_wahini Mar 2019 #3

Nip it in the bud. Baitball Blogger Mar 2019 #4

America has become an example of so many things a country shouldn't do (n/t) PJMcK Mar 2019 #8

The live stream of this massacre was informative in that it showed how easily... joshcryer Mar 2019 #5

and remember malaise Mar 2019 #12

America Used to Have an Assault Weapons Ban and the Government Didn't Take All the Guns dlk Mar 2019 #9

In the United States, it is ALL about $, greed and control. n/t Guilded Lilly Mar 2019 #10

I am unfamiliar with sarisataka Mar 2019 #14

No, they just announced their intention to do so. His statement was they "will ban." SunSeeker Mar 2019 #19

Banning them is the easy part Amishman Mar 2019 #16

Can't take the second step until you take the first. Iggo Mar 2019 #31

It's never the right time to discuss such measures in this country. Different Drummer Mar 2019 #17

Well, you don't wanna disturb folks in their deep, contemplative & meditative reveries ... mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #30

KnR x 1,000,000 Canoe52 Mar 2019 #18

Yes, but WE are Scarsdale Mar 2019 #37

Intelligent people Hekate Mar 2019 #20

I'm guessing they don't have NRA or 2nd amendment to deal with IronLionZion Mar 2019 #21

Well, they have single payer healthcare, so their freedom is already gone! SunSeeker Mar 2019 #23

Oooh, that's RIGHT, the jackbooted yoke of tyranny already stomps their heads to the curb, daily(nt) mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #32

K & R SunSeeker Mar 2019 #22

Unfair Comparison Norman Conkedwest Mar 2019 #24

And that's how it's done! cp Mar 2019 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author Eliot Rosewater Mar 2019 #28

And this is what unbought leadership looks like. pdsimdars Mar 2019 #29

I'll guaranty you that the terrorist who did the shooting DirtEdonE Mar 2019 #33

We should have done this a long time ago. n/t gldstwmn Mar 2019 #34

Terrible mistake, one of our experts here needs to explain BeyondGeography Mar 2019 #36