The New Zealand gun buy back ends today. Politicians, supported by 70% of the public, are changing the direction of travel for New Zealand gun culture. Most attempts to assess the success of the New Zealand buyback focus on the supposed number of firearms and the percentage of this figure handed in. Ordinary gun owners have been increasingly unhappy in recent years with police arms administration and this gaffe undermines the careful support work by police during the actual gun handovers. Gun advocates insist that all licensed firearms owners are law-abiding citizens – they just won’t be obeying this law.

Source: The Guardian December 19, 2019 18:56 UTC