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Nearly 300,000<ref name="Manch">{{Cite news |last=Manch |first=Thomas |date=5 August 2018 |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/105882611/the-battle-over-semiautomatics-police-frustrated-by-the-law-firearm-owners-frustrated-by-police|title=NZ's battle over semi-automatics: Police frustrated by the law, firearm owners frustrated by police|website=Stuff.co.nz|language=en|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref> [[Firearms licence (New Zealand)|licensed firearm owners]] own and use [[New Zealand]]'s estimated 1.5 million<ref name="Manch" /> [[firearm]]s.<ref name="guncontrol.org.nz">"Kiwis go for the big guns", ''[[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|Dominiost]]'', Tuesday 7 November 2006. Quoted at [https://web.archive.org/web/20080228124201/http://www.guncontrol.org.nz/index.php?%2Farchives%2F71-Dominion-Post-Kiwis-go-for-the-big-guns.html Gun Control blog] (archive), but not available from the newspaper's website any more.</ref>{{update inline|date=June 2023|reason=All sources are from before Christchurch mosque shootings}} Gun licences are issued at the discretion of the police provided they consider the person to be of good standing<ref>New Zealand.2008.'Delegation of Powers by Commissioner.' Arms Act 1983 No. 44.Wellington:Parliamentary Counsel Office,1 October. (Q3022)</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/citation/quotes/3022|title=Delegation of Powers by Commissioner|website=Gunpolicy.org}}</ref> and without criminal, psychiatric or drug issues; as well as meeting other conditions such as having suitable storage facilities. Several different categories of licence are permitted, with the most common, "A Category", permitting access to sporting configuration rifles and shotguns. |
Nearly 300,000<ref name="Manch">{{Cite news |last=Manch |first=Thomas |date=5 August 2018 |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/105882611/the-battle-over-semiautomatics-police-frustrated-by-the-law-firearm-owners-frustrated-by-police|title=NZ's battle over semi-automatics: Police frustrated by the law, firearm owners frustrated by police|website=Stuff.co.nz|language=en|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref> [[Firearms licence (New Zealand)|licensed firearm owners]] own and use [[New Zealand]]'s estimated 1.5 million<ref name="Manch" /> [[firearm]]s.<ref name="guncontrol.org.nz">"Kiwis go for the big guns", ''[[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|Dominiost]]'', Tuesday 7 November 2006. Quoted at [https://web.archive.org/web/20080228124201/http://www.guncontrol.org.nz/index.php?%2Farchives%2F71-Dominion-Post-Kiwis-go-for-the-big-guns.html Gun Control blog] (archive), but not available from the newspaper's website any more.</ref>{{update inline|date=June 2023|reason=All sources are from before Christchurch mosque shootings}} Gun licences are issued at the discretion of the police provided they consider the person to be of good standing<ref>New Zealand.2008.'Delegation of Powers by Commissioner.' Arms Act 1983 No. 44.Wellington:Parliamentary Counsel Office,1 October. (Q3022)</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/citation/quotes/3022|title=Delegation of Powers by Commissioner|website=Gunpolicy.org}}</ref> and without criminal, psychiatric or drug issues; as well as meeting other conditions such as having suitable storage facilities. Several different categories of licence are permitted, with the most common, "A Category", permitting access to sporting configuration rifles and shotguns. |
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Tighter regulation was imposed immediately after the Aramoana massacre in 1990, |
Tighter regulation was imposed immediately after the Aramoana massacre in 1990, the Scottish [[Dunblane massacre|Dunblane]] and Australian [[Port Arthur massacre (Australia)|Port Arthur]] massacres in 1996. After the [[Christchurch mosque shootings]] in 2019, legislation to restrict [[semi-automatic firearm]]s and [[Magazine (firearms)|magazines]] with a capacity of more than 10 rounds, and provide an amnesty and buyback of such weapons was introduced and passed by the New Zealand parliament 119 to 1.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-10/new-zealand-gun-laws-pass-119-1-after-christchurch-mass-shooting/10990632|title=New Zealand gun laws pass 119-1 after Christchurch mosque shootings|date=2019-04-10|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-01-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |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 |access-date=21 March 2019 |agency=New Zealand Government}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Christchurch mosque shootings live: NZ bans military style semi-automatic and assault rifles |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/111442846/christchurch-mosque-shootings-live-emotional-haka-broke-out-near-christchurch-mosque |access-date=21 March 2019 |agency=Stuff.co.nz}}</ref> |
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== Current firearms law == |
== Current firearms law == |
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