New Zealand shooting survivor says violence achieved nothing

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A survivor of the 2019 New Zealand mosque shootings says extremists should see that the violence that day achieved none of the gunman's aims. He is still recovering from his wounds and said he was heartbroken over the shootings at a supermarket in Buffalo.

“They went to do their shopping and they had no idea what’s going to happen,” he said. “They were just thinking to buy their food, maybe they’re feeding their young kids at home.”

And like Tarrant, Gendron allegedly painted slogans on his gun and used a helmet-mounted camera to livestream his attack on the internet. After eventually pleading guilty, Tarrant, an Australian citizen, in 2020 became the first person in New Zealand to be sentenced toThe Christchurch attack was livestreamed for 17 minutes and viewed by hundreds of thousands of people on Facebook before it was taken down. The video and Tarrant’s screed were quicklySince Christchurch, social platforms have learned to remove videos of extremist shootings faster.

Bari, who hid in a bathroom at the Linwood mosque as the shooter killed people just feet away, said he tries not to think about that day too much but is reminded when he meets his friends, including one family that lost both a father and a son.

 

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Hard to believe New Zealand had the strictest gun laws in the world... And I suppose more gun laws will help right... Malarkey. Gun laws do not stop criminals ever. Disarming a population only ends in atrocities

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