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In the wake of the [[Christchurch mosque shootings|mosque shootings in Christchurch]], Prime Minister Ardern announced: "Our gun laws will change, now is the time... People will be seeking change, and I am committed to that."<ref name=NYTGuns>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/world/asia/new-zealand-gun-laws.html|title=New Zealand's Gun Laws Draw Scrutiny After Mosque Shootings|agency=New York Times|date=15 March 2019|author=Damien Cave, Matt Stevens|work=The New York Times }}</ref> Ardern continued by stating, "There have been attempts to change our laws in 2005, 2012 and after an inquiry in 2017. Now is the time for change."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/15/new-zealand-prime-minister-gun-control-jacinda-ardern|title=New Zealand PM vows to toughen gun control laws after Christchurch attack|last=Swaine|first=Jon|date=15 March 2019 |work=The Guardian|access-date=17 March 2019|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317020155/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/15/new-zealand-prime-minister-gun-control-jacinda-ardern|archive-date=17 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Attorney-General [[David Parker (New Zealand politician)|David Parker]] was later quoted as saying that the government would ban semi-automatic guns,<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12213269|title=Christchurch mosque shootings: New Zealand to ban semi-automatic weapons|first=Jason |last=Walls |date=16 March 2019 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]}}</ref> but he subsequently backtracked, saying that the government had not yet committed to anything and that regulations around semi-automatic weapons was "one of the issues" the government would consider.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/384871/attorney-general-david-parker-back-tracks-on-comments-about-gun-control |title=Attorney-General David Parker back-tracks on comments about gun control |date=16 March 2019 |publisher=[[Radio New Zealand]] |access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref> On 20 March 2019, Ardern announced that all military style semi-automatics and assault rifles would be banned.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2019/mar/21/new-zealand-shooting-jacinda-ardern-to-make-policy-announcement-live-updates|title=New Zealand Live Update Gun Laws|last=Lyons|first=Kate|date=21 March 2019|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321020510/https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2019/mar/21/new-zealand-shooting-jacinda-ardern-to-make-policy-announcement-live-updates|archive-date=21 March 2019|access-date=21 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=PM Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand will ban all military-style semi-automatic weapons and all assault rifles |url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/385268/pm-jacinda-ardern-says-new-zealand-will-ban-all-military-style-semi-automatic-weapons-and-all-assault-rifles |access-date=21 March 2019 |publisher=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=21 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321032601/https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/385268/pm-jacinda-ardern-says-new-zealand-will-ban-all-military-style-semi-automatic-weapons-and-all-assault-rifles |archive-date=21 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ardern |first1=Jacinda |last2=Nash |first2=Stuart |title=New Zealand bans military style semi-automatics and assault rifles |url=https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-zealand-bans-military-style-semi-automatics-and-assault-rifles |website=Beehive.govt.nz |publisher=[[New Zealand Government]] |access-date=21 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321032846/https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-zealand-bans-military-style-semi-automatics-and-assault-rifles |archive-date=21 March 2019}}</ref> The first step in this process was taken on 21 March by reclassifying most semi-automatic firearms as "military style semi-automatic firearms" for the purpose of the Arms Act 1983, pursuant to section 74A(c) of the statute.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2019/0055/latest/096be8ed8185276a.pdf|title=Arms (Military Style Semi-automatic Firearms) Order 2019|website=Legislation.govt.nz|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321043802/http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2019/0055/latest/096be8ed8185276a.pdf|archive-date=21 March 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
In the wake of the [[Christchurch mosque shootings|mosque shootings in Christchurch]], Prime Minister Ardern announced: "Our gun laws will change, now is the time... People will be seeking change, and I am committed to that."<ref name=NYTGuns>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/world/asia/new-zealand-gun-laws.html|title=New Zealand's Gun Laws Draw Scrutiny After Mosque Shootings|agency=New York Times|date=15 March 2019|author=Damien Cave, Matt Stevens|work=The New York Times }}</ref> Ardern continued by stating, "There have been attempts to change our laws in 2005, 2012 and after an inquiry in 2017. Now is the time for change."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/15/new-zealand-prime-minister-gun-control-jacinda-ardern|title=New Zealand PM vows to toughen gun control laws after Christchurch attack|last=Swaine|first=Jon|date=15 March 2019 |work=The Guardian|access-date=17 March 2019|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317020155/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/15/new-zealand-prime-minister-gun-control-jacinda-ardern|archive-date=17 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Attorney-General [[David Parker (New Zealand politician)|David Parker]] was later quoted as saying that the government would ban semi-automatic guns,<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12213269|title=Christchurch mosque shootings: New Zealand to ban semi-automatic weapons|first=Jason |last=Walls |date=16 March 2019 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]}}</ref> but he subsequently backtracked, saying that the government had not yet committed to anything and that regulations around semi-automatic weapons was "one of the issues" the government would consider.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/384871/attorney-general-david-parker-back-tracks-on-comments-about-gun-control |title=Attorney-General David Parker back-tracks on comments about gun control |date=16 March 2019 |publisher=[[Radio New Zealand]] |access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref> On 20 March 2019, Ardern announced that all military style semi-automatics and assault rifles would be banned.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2019/mar/21/new-zealand-shooting-jacinda-ardern-to-make-policy-announcement-live-updates|title=New Zealand Live Update Gun Laws|last=Lyons|first=Kate|date=21 March 2019|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321020510/https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2019/mar/21/new-zealand-shooting-jacinda-ardern-to-make-policy-announcement-live-updates|archive-date=21 March 2019|access-date=21 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=PM Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand will ban all military-style semi-automatic weapons and all assault rifles |url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/385268/pm-jacinda-ardern-says-new-zealand-will-ban-all-military-style-semi-automatic-weapons-and-all-assault-rifles |access-date=21 March 2019 |publisher=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=21 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321032601/https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/385268/pm-jacinda-ardern-says-new-zealand-will-ban-all-military-style-semi-automatic-weapons-and-all-assault-rifles |archive-date=21 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ardern |first1=Jacinda |last2=Nash |first2=Stuart |title=New Zealand bans military style semi-automatics and assault rifles |url=https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-zealand-bans-military-style-semi-automatics-and-assault-rifles |website=Beehive.govt.nz |publisher=[[New Zealand Government]] |access-date=21 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321032846/https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-zealand-bans-military-style-semi-automatics-and-assault-rifles |archive-date=21 March 2019}}</ref> The first step in this process was taken on 21 March by reclassifying most semi-automatic firearms as "military style semi-automatic firearms" for the purpose of the Arms Act 1983, pursuant to section 74A(c) of the statute.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2019/0055/latest/096be8ed8185276a.pdf|title=Arms (Military Style Semi-automatic Firearms) Order 2019|website=Legislation.govt.nz|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321043802/http://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2019/0055/latest/096be8ed8185276a.pdf|archive-date=21 March 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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On 10 April 2019, the Government passed the [[Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Act 2019]], banning semi-automatic firearms, magazines, and parts. The Arms Amendment Bill was supported by all parties except the opposition [[ACT New Zealand|ACT Party]]'s sole MP [[David Seymour]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Firearms Amendment Bill passes final reading in Parliament |url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/386778/firearms-amendment-bill-passes-final-reading-in-parliament |access-date=10 April 2019 |publisher=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=10 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bill banning military style semi-automatic weapons passes final reading |url=https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/politics/bill-banning-military-style-semi-automatic-weapons-passes-final-reading/ |access-date=10 April 2019 |publisher=[[Newstalk ZB]] |date=10 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gun bill to become law |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/gun-bill-become-law |access-date=10 April 2019 |publisher=[[Otago Daily Times]] |date=10 April 2019}}</ref> In addition, the government announced an amnesty and buy-back scheme for prohibited firearms and components,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Patterson |first1=Jane |title=First details about gun buyback scheme released |url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/386738/first-details-about-gun-buyback-scheme-released |access-date=10 April 2019 |publisher=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=10 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Devlin |first1=Collette |title=Gun buyback framework established as first step towards determining compensation |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/111931901/gun-buyback-framework-established-as-first-step-towards-determining-compensation |access-date=10 April 2019 |work=[[Stuff.co.nz]] |date=10 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynch |first1=Jenna |title=Government's firearm buyback scheme gets bigger, more expensive, as new details revealed |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/04/government-s-firearm-buyback-scheme-gets-bigger-more-expensive-as-new-details-revealed.html |access-date=10 April 2019 |publisher=[[Newshub]] |date=10 April 2019}}</ref> which was later extended to 20 December 2019.<ref name="Beehive 20 June 2019">{{cite web |author-link1=Grant Robertson |last1=Robertson |first1=Grant |author-link2=Stuart Nash |last2=Nash |first2=Stuart |title=Firearms buy-back scheme strikes fair balance |url=https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/firearms-buy-back-scheme-strikes-fair-balance |website=Beehive.govt.nz |publisher=[[New Zealand Government]] |access-date=8 July 2019 |date=20 June 2019}}</ref> As part of the buy-back program, the New Zealand Police organised a series of nationwide local collection events for gun owners to hand in prohibited firearms.<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Collection Events - Amnesty and Buy-back |url=https://www.police.govt.nz/advice/firearms-and-safety/changes-firearms-law-prohibited-firearms/local-collection-events-amnesty |publisher=[[New Zealand Police]] |access-date=23 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723044516/https://www.police.govt.nz/advice/firearms-and-safety/changes-firearms-law-prohibited-firearms/local-collection-events-amnesty |archive-date=23 July 2019}}</ref> By 22 July, over 2,000 guns had been handed in at buyback events in Auckland and Wellington over the past weekend.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chen |first1=Liu |title=Over 2000 guns handed in at buyback events this weekend |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/394906/over-2000-guns-handed-in-at-buyback-events-this-weekend |access-date=23 July 2019 |publisher=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=22 July 2019}}</ref> |
On 10 April 2019, the Government passed the [[Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Act 2019]], banning semi-automatic firearms, magazines, and parts. The Arms Amendment Bill was supported by all parties except the opposition [[ACT New Zealand|ACT Party]]'s sole MP [[David Seymour]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Firearms Amendment Bill passes final reading in Parliament |url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/386778/firearms-amendment-bill-passes-final-reading-in-parliament |access-date=10 April 2019 |publisher=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=10 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bill banning military style semi-automatic weapons passes final reading |url=https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/politics/bill-banning-military-style-semi-automatic-weapons-passes-final-reading/ |access-date=10 April 2019 |publisher=[[Newstalk ZB]] |date=10 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gun bill to become law |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/gun-bill-become-law |access-date=10 April 2019 |publisher=[[Otago Daily Times]] |date=10 April 2019}}</ref> In addition, the government announced an amnesty and buy-back scheme for prohibited firearms and components,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Patterson |first1=Jane |title=First details about gun buyback scheme released |url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/386738/first-details-about-gun-buyback-scheme-released |access-date=10 April 2019 |publisher=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=10 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Devlin |first1=Collette |title=Gun buyback framework established as first step towards determining compensation |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/111931901/gun-buyback-framework-established-as-first-step-towards-determining-compensation |access-date=10 April 2019 |work=[[Stuff.co.nz]] |date=10 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lynch |first1=Jenna |title=Government's firearm buyback scheme gets bigger, more expensive, as new details revealed |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/04/government-s-firearm-buyback-scheme-gets-bigger-more-expensive-as-new-details-revealed.html |access-date=10 April 2019 |publisher=[[Newshub]] |date=10 April 2019}}</ref> which was later extended to 20 December 2019.<ref name="Beehive 20 June 2019">{{cite web |author-link1=Grant Robertson |last1=Robertson |first1=Grant |author-link2=Stuart Nash |last2=Nash |first2=Stuart |title=Firearms buy-back scheme strikes fair balance |url=https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/firearms-buy-back-scheme-strikes-fair-balance |website=Beehive.govt.nz |publisher=[[New Zealand Government]] |access-date=8 July 2019 |date=20 June 2019}}</ref> As part of the buy-back program, the New Zealand Police organised a series of nationwide local collection events for gun owners to hand in prohibited firearms.<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Collection Events - Amnesty and Buy-back |url=https://www.police.govt.nz/advice/firearms-and-safety/changes-firearms-law-prohibited-firearms/local-collection-events-amnesty |publisher=[[New Zealand Police]] |access-date=23 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723044516/https://www.police.govt.nz/advice/firearms-and-safety/changes-firearms-law-prohibited-firearms/local-collection-events-amnesty |archive-date=23 July 2019}}</ref> By 22 July, over 2,000 guns had been handed in at buyback events in Auckland and Wellington over the past weekend.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chen |first1=Liu |title=Over 2000 guns handed in at buyback events this weekend |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/394906/over-2000-guns-handed-in-at-buyback-events-this-weekend |access-date=23 July 2019 |publisher=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=22 July 2019}}</ref> |
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