NZ has different gun laws than Australia, they attempted to change in laws in 2005, 2012 and after an inquiry in 2017, but each time was knocked back by the right wing and gun nuts.. who do receive support from the NRA in America.
The guy who did the shooting had legally purchased his weapons.
New Zealand's Prime minister today announced semi/automatic weapons would be banned and nations gun laws totally revamped.
Those with extremist right views go on the same lists as Muslim terrorists, no flying and someone watching your ass 24x7, Australia is set to do the same.... expect that to roll out worldwide.
The rise of "Islamophobia", has blindsided the West against the immediate danger we face in our own countries.. the Rightwing..
so fuck them.. times up.
What we know:
* On Friday, a gunman walked into a mosque on Deans Ave, Christchurch carrying a semi-automatic weapon and opened fire. He live streamed the attack.
* A second shooting occurred at a mosque in Linwood. One gunman is believed to be responsible for both shootings, police say.
* 49 people have died - 41 at the Central Mosque, 7 at Linwood Mosque, 1 in Christchurch Hospital.
* 39 people remain in hospital, 11 of which are in ICU.
* Brenton Tarrant, 28, has been charged with murder after the shooting and is being held in custody until April. Brenton Tarrant is an immigrant from Australia.
* The alleged shooter was arrested in a car, which had two bombs in it, 36 minutes after police were first called.
* Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern calls the terrorist attacks "NZ's darkest day."
* Jacinda Ardern says NZ's gun laws will change after revealing the alleged shooter had a gun licence.
Prime Minister "Jacinda Ardern"
Her main message, was for the safety of the people of Christchurch - most especially its Muslim community.
"We want to ensure New Zealanders of their safety," she said.
She told the world the message she kept hearing from the survivors of the mosque shootings.
This is not the New Zealand they know," she said, they said. "This is not the New Zealand we know."
"They are us," she had said of the victims not long after the mass murder.
"Many of those affected will be members of our migrant communities - New Zealand is their home."
Even when US President Donald Trump, a leader familiar with mass deaths from guns called Ardern and asked what the US could do, she replied with poise: "sympathy and love for all Muslim communities".
There was no rage at the right-wing Australian man, identified as Brenton Tarrant, a personal trainer from the sleepy New South Wales town of Grafton, who is accused of committing these atrocities.
Instead: "The person who has committed this violent act has no place here," she said.
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