New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that all military-style semi-automatic weapons, assault rifles and high-capacity magazines will be banned in the country following the mass shootings at two Christchurch mosques that killed 50 people.
"Every semi-automatic weapon used in the terror attack on Friday will be banned," Ardern said at a press conference in the New Zealand capital Wellington on Thursday."This legislation will be drafted and introduced in urgency."Ardern said she hopes the law will be in place by April 11. She encouraged all gun owners who wish to surrender their weapons to start now.
yes that nice but you know what's happening in nagiria and every countries has most muslim people if you don't know you can visit us and you will believe that
Another Nazi politician decides what freedoms you will have or won’t have!
Well done as ruler u have to safe guard the life of citizen
It was a horrible thing what happened in their country. However quick, far-reaching legislature may not be the way to go, especially because now only Outlaws will have these weapons, and not law-abiding citizens. You can make your own judgment.
She is the best women i have ever seen♥️♥️
Way to go PM Ardern!! This is a fine example of leadership. 😃👍
Adorn has also implemented censorship on websites and freedom of speech bc of a crazed foreigner
They must not be
Piss on New Zooland. Not a misspelled word. What a bunch of fools, to let the gun rights be taken away.
don't want anything like that n America, just tougher, gun laws.
To be fair to our American cousins, if it was up to the states, weapons like this would have been banned long ago. Your greatest strength is also your weakness; the so-called conservative states will always drag the rest of your nation backwards.
So like...terrorism works?
Nothing like a knee-jerk reaction. What about the 99.999% of the law abiding citizens that own those rifles?
I bet the criminals will be first in line to hand over their now banned weapons. LoL
Knives, baseball bats and frying pans are next!
jaketapper Well they want all of us unarmed so they can take us over, right Dems
NZ, showing all world leaders how you handle shit ✌
This is smart! The criminals will be the first to turn in their guns! Because they already follow the law of not killing. This will stop them. Everyone can now sleep at night!
So proud of New Zealand’s Prime Minister. I believe she truly cares about protecting people.
What happens when the people lose their rights. Government take over. Sad day for the people of New Zealand. All because of a crazy Australian. Imagine
Can she run for President here? You go girl
Take notes america
jaketapper Now that's leadership
Way to be forward thinking. Disarm law abiding citizens.
Wow! What a leader.
Let’s say that Trump decides to ban semi-auto “assault rifles.” How does the government go about acquiring all those guns? A buy back? What happens when people don’t want to give back their guns? Are criminals required to give back the guns the own illegally?
My new hero.
Yeah disarm the law abiding populace, great idea morons!
Our country should take notes on the number of future mass shooting in New Zealand after this has been Implemented
There is no nra over there. She is lucky.
New Zealand government, firearms dealers and gun owners all cave due to the illegal activities of one person! Confiscation first, then total government control. Way to fold folks.....
Wow! What’s it like to live in a country that ACTS after a heinous crime instead of just sending ‘thoughts and prayers’?
So when the next guy uses a knife because violence is not tied to firearms? Firearms are just a choice. One kid in Japan killed 19 once with a blade. Australia and London are having epidemic knife issues because firearms are not a root cause. Controlling them will not change much
Action rather than thoughts and prayers. What a concept 😮!
Dumb
While reporting your nonstop reporting of this case in NZ... Why not report on the links between Ardern and John Podesta. I am pretty sure it will be quite a few revelations. But that would require real reporting.
Bravo to the New Zealand government for making decisions based on what’s best for its people, and not what’s best for fundraising efforts.
Almost like they planned the rollout of this law in 2017.... Oh wait.... How horrifically convenient..
Dear Americans who are all for this. Quit bitching and just move to New Zealand. Problem solved. Were keeping our guns.
What Jacinda Ardern has done, is simply taking a firm stance against people who become rich from sales of weapons to anyone that will come up with the cash. Politicians fight drugs, but kill millions with guns. Dems and Republicans in the USA, all have blood on their hands!
muslims are winning.
And just like that, government deprives people of their property and their rights. 2A
That's a sign of leadership. Our lame-ass president is too much of a coward to do that.
This is a WORKING government!
That’s courage. Trump could do that with a Declaration of National Emergengy!!!
again, this is a knee jerk reaction. only criminals will have these ‘tools’ at this level... they are punishing the wrong people.
Finally a leader with a brain.
just a political stunt
LOVE: we are gonna destroy all automatic weapons so this can never happen again. AMERICA: this is a ridiculous idea! ALSO AMERICA:
And that is where we are different-NZ doesn’t have a 2A so they can confiscate guns from legal owners. Illegal guns aren’t registered, so they have accomplished nothing except punish law abiding citizens
Well unfortunately her actions will not alleviate any future critical incidents she has just driven the issue underground!
So glad I'm an American with rights and freedom and guns an our beautiful constitution.
A woman, a mother proving every day she is a true leader of her country unlike the orange hot air maker we have sitting in the Oval Office
Well, no more NRA blood money for her!
Terrorist wins
So basically only muskets are allowed
These are both the same guns. Do you want the people to revolt? The guns are not the problem its people with mental illness. Stop blaming the rifle.
I don't understand why anyone needs them in the first place.
Why don’t you put on Kellyanne to refute the logic. She seems to be your go-to now.
And all American Leftists get little thrills up their legs.
A woman who has balls, and she didn’t even have to have an operation to have it.
Obsessed !! OnlyWordNecessary
💕👍She's a true leader
That’s how it’s done 👍
All this death & look what New Zealand does. What kind of country am I living in?
Socialism and the weak minded will be the death of this country.
Wonderful! But I thought it was already illegal to own guns in New Zealand, just like Australia. But I guess I was wrong?
Now that’s leadership
assault rifles are only assault rifles when someone uses them for murder this is so stupid but good luck getting every ones guns
Will the new ban apply to terrorists and the criminally insane, or just law abiding citizens?
I have never been more inspired, more impressed, more proud, of anyone in my life. jacindaardern is the leader that other world leaders aspire to be. Proud to stand beside you all newzealand australia acrosstheditch
I love all these comments complaining about America when the same people realize that we wouldnt have the country we do without 2a. Please go back to history class.
Good Job NZ!!
See how a proper response to 1 mass shooting works America. Their leader cares about the people of her country our leaders don’t. It’s more important to keep the NRA happy no matter how many Americans r slaughtered.
Good for you ! Wish we would do that here in US
I have a problem with the term ' Assault Rifle.' If I take a semi-automatic .22 caliber hunting rifle and shoot you with it does that not make it an assault rifle.
Which is exactly what needs to happen in the US. The NRA needs to go too. No citizen needs an assault weapon of any kind.
Just what the shooter wanted
It takes 1 or 2 bullets to kill so why not ban all guns ?
We have not been allowed in UK to own guns since 1997, there is a shooting every day in outer Liverpool alone. A shooting on Merseyside used to be big news, now it is a 1 minute local news item.
evang_bmee Thank God for women who make a decision and take action! No lobbyists, no town hall’s, no media running her country....just the right action!
That’s called “knee jerk leadership.” That’s just DUMB. It’s like banning driving cars because 1 drunk driver killed a family on the way to: mosque/synagogue/church. NObueno👎🏽
A well-crafted response to American-inspired copy-cat terror. Apparently, New Zealand is a more civilized society than the USA.
this announcement is what will keep people safe in the future time...congratulation to prime minister.
If only there was a way to ban psychopaths.
Bad guys will still get the guns....
jaketapper Verysmar country
This is why it is always good to have an intelligent person to lead a nation¬ a nonentity that pray always whenever there is a gun violence killing innocent people without taking any action to curb gun violence. Such leaders should learn from MRS JACINDA.
How convenient....m
Right decision
👏👏👏👏👏
Silly kiwis, the look on their faces when they figure out it can be fix with Thougths and Prayers
It’s amazing how things just made sense after the first mass shooting New Zealand has had in ... idk ever meanwhile in America there’s a shooting every day a mass shooting every week NoRA
So, mr Trump, your call,
Her style of dress clearly demonstrates her Religeous preferences. Islam is winning their take over of New Zealand.
He also used a shotgun.
Sigh, It's like she has never heard of this thing called 'thoughts and prayers'
Now homicidal psychopaths will think twice!
'Our current anti gun ban didnt work to save those utterly defenseless people, so the answer is to make people EVEN MORE defenseless' Geez, people...
Usa:thoughts and prayers NZ:action
So proud of the Prime M
And the bad guys there that have them will just give them up? Not likely....
Giving the killer, and future killers, exactly what they want.
realDonaldTrump take note of a real leader
😔
Well done.
Oh do it America. It worked out great banning illegal drugs...illegal drugs are no where now . Bahahaha
jaketapper While most of us saw the horrible loss of life CNN, the Torrists in the world, and others placed reflexive blame not looking at the real issue. No one blamed Obama for the two attacks on U.S. soil. Your hate is unpalatable and only creates more hate.
It is not that hard, America, and guns can still be bought.
She must be a democrat..
Until next time......because guns are really not the problem.
and after the next mass shooting? 'We're going to SUPER BAN guns!'
America has a heart attack.
They are surrendering? To whom? Ah, the government.... suckers.
Bad people will still get them
Congratulations NZ. You're more helpless from terrorists than you were before. Well done.
Guess there’s nothing comparable to the 2nd Amendment in NZ. Hope it works out for them but I definitely wouldn’t support that here in the US.
Fake media and Fake analysis!!! She's a better leader than you know who .... but even her can do nothing here in America. US isn't NZ, neiyher NZ is US.
Meanwhile in the United States…
Good for her !
GucciRyno
And all it took was 6 days. This is how you deal with a real national emergency unlike that person supposedly running the US.
Thats stupid
For real now, at all gun loving idiots with the 'but criminals' excuse: why do you follow any law then when ppl break them anyway? why do they exist?
Is this Islam?
Thank you.
This is progress.
That's overdue. People moving around with assault rifles.. 😣😭
Kudos to you for this quick action I wish my country Nigeria and President MBuhari bukolasaraki YakubDogara will take similar steps and emulate this.
USA your move next.
Respect! That was quick according to Political means, when New Zealanders mean something they deliver, Applause......! Applause.
Let’s all move to New Zealand. ORlets convince the PM to come and run the US.
MarilynLouise5 Um Dr United States. See how efficient that was!
What a reasonable legislation. I like the smell of good sense in the morning.
Thanks God for the 2 Amendment and the NRA 🙏👍🇺🇸
Thanks leader. May Allah bless you❤❤
Smart move by New Zealand, they woke up 👍🏿💯 and America 🇺🇸 doesn't know how to ban guns🤷🏿♂️👎🏿
Good on you PM and NZ. Semi automatic weapons have only one purpose - killing people,
God Bless her! ♥️
You see? It only takes one time for a leader to see they never want to see this happen again. This is how you value human lives and shows they didn't die for nothing. Shame on the USA for not doing the same long ago.
thebayzdonyae We can learn quite a few things from PM Jacinda Ardern!
And?
Right !
the evidence is blatant where there is no arms lobby they can ban the weapons of war in the US this is impossible the lobbies will not let you make that kind of decision the usa are chained on this issue !
Now THAT is leadership!
Wasn't murder already illegal? How well did that law work?
Good job. It worked well in Australia to make people feel safer.
It's almost like politicians in New Zealand don't want this to happen again and decided to actively solve the problem instead of taking lobbyist donations to defend gun companies.
Hey America. That’s how you handle things!
The comments below crack me up & yet reveal how sad we are. It doesn’t say all guns are banned, it says certain types of weapons are banned. We have the same thing here in the states. Yet we call them names? Pathetic.
Yeah like in USA, kids killed in schools and nothing has happened. Sure make America Great Again. That's a joke, just like the one that said it.
jaketapper She’s amazing. I would move to New Zealand but how would I go on without being in a country that’s been tweeting a fictitious cow all week?
I wonder if the NZ attack had anything to do with John Podesta's visit days before? He did call NZ a juicy target. What did he really mean by that?
A country and a leader get common sense after one incident. America has had a history of such tragedies and we haven’t come to our senses yet.
Smart people think fast and act fast!
Now the fun starts.
Two things of note: 1. New Zealand do not have a powerful gun lobby who own politicians, ie. like the NRA. 2. New Zealand actually genuinely cares about mass shootings. The USA should be taking notes.
.jacindaardern is a true leader. realDonaldTrump will never be.
New Zealand's Prime Minister..is an Example of a Wonderful Patriotic Leader!She realized her Country's flawed Gun laws needed Tweaking!Assult Weapons are designed to kill Humans!Weapons Reserved for Soldiers Or Police Use!Not for Civilian Criminals to kill Our Police or Soldiers!
Why didn’t they try thoughts and prayers first?
good thing I dont live in New Zealand... otherwise I would have to re-locate.
But muh murder sticks !! /s
jaketapper Are any of the five weapons used in the attack now banned?
now ban the cops from having them
And thank God we live in America where 1 person can’t mandate legislation based on a knee jerk reaction that puts 99% of their population in danger
Hun, pack your bags. I found a place that actually gives a damn
Wise decision. Carrying and using war weapons without a real control has sadly demonstrated too many times that is could be a nightmare for the citizens wherever you are in the world (especially in US...). Total ban is the smart answer to a such drama.
That was easy! I would like to see USA do the same... and fuck the NRA!
Gun laws changed just like that when money can't bribe politicians. That's a true democracy.... not the United States. TYT
jaketapper So glad my government doesn't get to just remove my rights as they see fit. God bless the Founding Fathers and the Constitution.
I wish it was done here 20 years ago, so many innocent children died so certain people with small egos can fulfill their manhood with a piece of metal.
jaketapper And that’s called action! Certainly a lesson for Usa
Wow. And no CivilWar broke out. Imagine that.
I’m sure the criminals will abide by this🙃🙄
AJemaineClement But what will white guys and their buddies do about defending their families (spending their weekends drinking beer, talking about how cool guns are and shooting at trees on a farm)
That was easy!
Too bad they can't ban people like the one that used the guns, because they undoubtedly just resort to a different method.
Works for a country of 3 million, won’t be possible here.
I bet they won't get them from the criminals
And THAT’S how it is done.
YES BRUS YES
How is that possible? I thought the Republicans claim it is not possible to define what an assault rifle is.
Slow down people that’s just a declaration. She’s not queen of New Zealand let’s see what the people say......
amazing. what a true, wise, smart and inspiring leader.
Now that's caring about your people.
Wow, must be nice to be the queen and make unilateral laws like that.
Hero...
Ban them if a criminal wants one they will get one. You forget criminals don't care about laws.
“We’re not trying to take your guns” Well... we’ll just direct everybody to your post here, Because your sheep are celebrating like they just won the Super Bowl. That’ll convince people that you’re trying to keep our safety in mind and not living out your totalitarian dreams...
Gun grabbers getting exactly what they wanted...So New Zealand should be crime free now and never experience another shooting..We will see..
BRAVO.....NZ!!
Brilliant!!!! Bravo! New Zealand!!!!!
Meanwhile, in America. . .
Because criminals always follow the law 🙄
Way to go New Zealand
It’s time for the United States to follow suit.
And there you have it. All evil will cease to exist.
I’m quite happy with the decision because I’m poor👍
jaketapper Well, at least they are actually doing SOMETHING. Not like here at home, where the only answer that doesn't piss off the right is 'Pray it doesn't happen again' Hell, they won't even support extensive background checks.
Muslims who say that Jihad (killing against non-believers) is mandatory according to Koran and life of Mohamad (Islam's founder) have nothing to do with Islam. They don't understand the nuances and interpretations.
What a joke 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
It's time to make guns look like flowers so people don't see big, scary guns
Kudos to you!!
❤️
Hmm. That doesn’t seem difficult now does it. So WTF is wrong with this country?
Great. USA should do same thing.
Weak...
This is what a real leader looks like.
Hoax to push gun control
'Military-style semi-automatic weapons?' 'Assault rifles?' 'High-capacity magazines?' None of these phrases have descriptions. This is a really terrible day for individual freedom and self-protection. God help the citizens of New Zealand, their liberty is about to run out 😓
Great and perfect decision
Hey, Republican assholes. Take a good look at a leader with balls.
jaketapper Now, THIS is a true leader, something Trump will NEVER be !!!
NRA must be fuming
jaketapper Brava!
That’s, how it is done, put human life first!! ❤️😊🕯🙏🏽
What fools.
Thank God for the brilliance of our founders for giving us the Constitution and BillOfRights . Freedom
Our hearts are still breaking for the 50 NZ residing Muslims from last Friday’s attack. TheyAreUs christchurchMosqueAttack But our PM’s bold step makes going into tomorrow’s commemorations and beyond easier knowing we are helping prevent future violence using these weapons.
You would have to bulldoze the entire US to get rid of the Second Amendment. 🇺🇸
Yet..today in tha USA over One Thousand new Assault rifles were made,...
Wait. You mean they didn't even try 'thoughts and prayers' first?
So she is banning automatic weapons then,? Because there is no such thing as a semi automatic assault weapon, can the left at least learn the proper terminology before they go off into weeds with their rhetoric ?
AJemaineClement See, how hard was that?
She is the best PM ever.
While shes at it she should ban all non government approved opinions and criticisms, because thats how you protect freedom of speech in 2019.
AJemaineClement
Disarmament of legal citizens isn’t the way to go. Now only criminals have weapons?
Not going to happen
That will be the first thing used by murderers in NZ next and no one to stop them
Banning guns, won't stop terrorist, it just makes innocent ppl criminals U Need guards with Tommy guns stationed around, you need more ppl carriring guns on their hip, where they can be seen, then terrorist will think twice Texas & Arizona laws, anyone can, Buy & Carrie a Gun
Meanwhile in America,Nothing
Wow that easy huh Amazing what can happen when politicians aren’t bought and owned by the NRA!
If only the US was brave enough to do what this one woman is doing for her Kiwis. This is what you call leadership.
Because it's a good idea for an elected leader to unilaterally make laws that affect millions of people. Seems like a dictatorship. Do we wish Trump had this same power?
It's always a good idea to make important decisions while emotions are running high. Way to go Ardern.
jaketapper Isn’t it too soon?
She loves her country and People Matter
What a great idea! Imagine that GOP. 😡
realDonaldTrump Learn buddy
And remains the cornerstone is to address the groups and militias and extreme right-wing movements and ideas that are shipped and instigated by the Western media, these groups are extremely dangerous, whether in New Zealand or the West in general ..!
I’m not smart on how NZ’s gov. does business, is it that easy to create laws there? Is she a Dictator? On a similar note, I’d love for someone to explain what “military-style” means.
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
jaketapper This is how you handle a real national emergency
VonHilda can call Putin if she needs help
ForaToffoli
Commendable JacintaArdern Clearly, NRA doesn’t control her or New Zealand! JacindaArden GunControl AssaultRiflesBan
Amazing!!
And just like that, freedoms are lost. When a terrorist moves down pedestrians with a vehicle, do we then ban vehicles
Wow. So all that needs to happen to trigger a large scale sweeping government action against peoples rights....is 1 psycho to commit an act of violence? This won’t encourage others to act at all. No wonder our Founders didnt want this
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