Photo: Getty ImagesNew Zealanders have begun to voluntarily hand over their semi-automatic guns as their government looks to swiftly tighten laws and mulls a buyback after a deadly shooting at two mosques. Farmer John Hart, who has owned one of the semi-automatic weapons for a decade said he had turned his over to police. Finance Minister Grant Robertson on Tuesday said he was considering a gun buyback scheme and had been looking into Australia's experience for help, after their successful buyback in the late 1990s. But David Tipple said none of the weapons were the military-style semi-automatic rifles used during the attack. Trademe, New Zealand's answer to Ebay, said it would halt the sale of semi-automatic weapons while awaiting answers from the government.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 18, 2019 23:03 UTC