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The country of New Zealand was a pretty peaceful place. Then the horrific events in Christchurch a few years back where a maniac used an AR-15 to shoot up two mosques.

Officials there did what a lot of people here think we should do. They banned so-called assault weapons and started down the path to more and more gun control.

A lot of people applauded their efforts and said that New Zealand would be safer.

Yeah, about that…

From construction workers gunned down at a building site in Auckland’s CBD to a gang-related shooting in Palmerston North, a recent string of high-profile fatal shootings has seen New Zealand experience half its yearly average of gun deaths – in just 17 days.

Yet, the head of the police won’t comment on what police are doing to combat fatal gun crimes.

Between July 20 and August 6, five people died as a result of gunshot wounds across four shooting incidents.

This is half the average number of victims and incidents than Aotearoa typically sees in a whole year.

By comparison, between 2004 and 2019 there was an average of 10 victims across 10 fatal shooting incidents a year, according to data collated by Stuff investigation The Homicide Report.

> The country of New Zealand was a pretty peaceful place. Then the horrific events in Christchurch a few years back where a maniac used an AR-15 to shoot up two mosques. > Officials there did what a lot of people here think we should do. They banned so-called assault weapons and started down the path to more and more gun control. > A lot of people applauded their efforts and said that New Zealand would be safer. > Yeah, about that… >> From construction workers gunned down at a building site in Auckland’s CBD to a gang-related shooting in Palmerston North, a recent string of high-profile fatal shootings has seen New Zealand experience half its yearly average of gun deaths – in just 17 days. >> Yet, the head of the police won’t comment on what police are doing to combat fatal gun crimes. >> Between July 20 and August 6, five people died as a result of gunshot wounds across four shooting incidents. >> This is half the average number of victims and incidents than Aotearoa typically sees in a whole year. >> By comparison, between 2004 and 2019 there was an average of 10 victims across 10 fatal shooting incidents a year, according to data collated by Stuff investigation The Homicide Report.

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They didn't disarm the citizens because of a concern about their citizen safety. They did it for government safety. New Zealand is completely jewed and implemented some of the most tyrannical bullshit anywhere in the world during the scamdemic.