Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a ban on military style, semi-automatic (MSSA) guns and assault rifles in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings. All semi-automatic weapons used during the terrorist attack on Friday will be banned, she said. ROSS GIBLIN/STUFF Jacinda Ardern announces that New Zealand will ban all assault and military-style semi-automatic weapons. ROSS GIBLIN/STUFF The Government moves to ban military-style semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles after mass shooting. Earlier on Thursday afternoon, an Order in Council of the Arms Act was signed by the Governor-General to reclassify a wider range of semi-automatic weapons under the Act.

Source: Stuff March 21, 2019 02:07 UTC