U.S.A. – -(Ammoland.com)- “LIVESTREAM TERROR New Zealand mosque shootings – White supremacist gunman videos live murder of 49 at two Christchurch mosques,” The Sun headline declares. “Shocking GoPro footage – too graphic to publish – shows a shooter executing Muslim worshippers at point blank range with automatic weapons.”
“New Zealand mosques’ attack suspect praised Trump in manifesto,” Al-Jazeera followed up. “A suspected gunman behind the Christchurch attacks has dubbed the US president as ‘a symbol of renewed white identity’.”
The press has got all the usual suspects rounded up and ready to blame, right down to indicting Trump, white males, and guns while championing Islamic migrants. In the frenzied and hate-fueled mob-inciting, the politicization, and the media scramble to get scoops before all the facts are in, it would be helpful to introduce some known information into the mix.
“New Zealand gun laws face scrutiny after Christchurch attack,” The Guardian claims. “Unlike UK and Australia there is no ban on semi-automatic military-style weapons.” Disregarding for a moment that The Sun subhead claimed the weapons were “automatic,” reflecting the admitted intent of the Violence Policy Center to sow public confusion, the go-to authority consulted here is Philip Alpers, founding director of GunPolicy.org.
It’s instructive to consult what that organization has to say about New Zealand gun law and to note what the “mainstream” media is deliberately not telling us. Because per Alpers’ website, “The regulation of guns in New Zealand is categorised as restrictive … In New Zealand, the right to private gun ownership is not guaranteed by law.”
It’s true, as is being claimed, that there is no ban, per se, on semi-autos. Instead:
“In New Zealand, private possession of semi-automatic assault weapons is restricted to police-approved licensed gun owners with a Military-Style Semi Automatic (MSSA) licence endorsement. Each MSSA must be registered to its owner and securely stored when not in use.”
Of relevance:
“In New Zealand, private possession of fully automatic weapons is restricted to police-approved licensed gun owners with a ‘collector’ licence endorsement. Each automatic or restricted weapon must be registered to its owner, and disabled when not in use.
“In New Zealand, private possession of handguns (pistols and revolvers) is restricted to police-approved licensed gun owners with a ‘pistol’ licence endorsement. Each handgun must be registered to its owner and securely stored.”
Special license endorsement firearms require a “genuine reason” for possession, “including sports shooting, hunting, and collection. Owning a firearm for self-defence is specifically excluded, and prohibited.”
New Zealand requires criminal and mental health checks with third-party character references. It has licensing and registration “of individual civilians licensed to acquire, possess, sell or transfer a firearm or ammunition.” It has domestic violence prohibitions. Compare that to the “Universal Background Check” and “Red Flag/ERPO” edicts demanded for the U.S. as “common sense.” Private sales require a license, and “The buyer of a firearm in a private sale in New Zealand is obliged to pass official background checks before taking possession.”
Yet still, it is not enough, which tracks with experience here. What’s left is a total ban, something “common sense gun safety law” proponents dismiss as NRA propaganda, but which the less restrained in the citizen disarmament movement have demanded on too many occasions to ignore.
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About David Codrea:
David Codrea is the winner of multiple journalist awards for investigating/defending the RKBA and a long-time gun owner rights advocate who defiantly challenges the folly of citizen disarmament. He blogs at “The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance,” is a regularly featured contributor to Firearms News, and posts on Twitter: @dcodrea and Facebook.
He said in his manifesto that he had more in common with China. He was a communist not a “right wing extremist”. Really!!! Why are we painting this picture. He was alone, he was not a kiwi and he was probably batshit crazy. It has nothing whatsoever to do with New Zealand or New Zealand culture.
When the islamists murder catholics in their churches in Africa nobody gives a shit, when one white man does the same in return they call him a murderer and a major uproar arises all over the World…what’s fucking wrong with you people???
This incident couldn’t have been scripted any better by the Deep State, to distract from the important stuff going on in DC and reinforce the Left-wing MSM narrative. You know the Deep State is behind this because it follows their playbook to a T: 1) False flag incident to distract the masses and change the news cycle – race and/or religion motivated https://qmap.pub/themes/read/23 2) Pin blame on Trump, no matter how tenuous and ludicrous the claim is 3) Advance the gun control agenda: disarm all Americans (even when a shooting happens in a FOREIGN country) https://qmap.pub/themes/read/32 4) Coordinate talking points… Read more »
The muzzies have infiltrated the whole world and every place they go trouble comes up. They are a waring bunch bent on converting everyone to Islam or killing those who don’t. The infiltration of our congress is just wrong because they do not know or want to know our Constitution or semulate into our society. They are hell bent on changing our society. Yes, I am politically incorrect, but it matters to our United States of America if we adopt these off the wall foreign ideas or stick to our principles and rule of law. Australia, even if I do… Read more »
I’ve shot automatic weapons before & I saw the video……I’m pretty sure about 110% they were not full auto!!
A spiritual tapestry indeed! A weaving of: intolerance, hate, white supremacist, racist, anti-1A, or 2A.. ?, What’s in a name? ..LOOK at the names that they wrote on their weapons!, the names of every person shot, the names of the shooters, the names of reporters, and LE, etc.. etc… All-in for: the cause of anarchy, chaos, to steal/kill/destroy, take the rights of other people… ISIS, Jihad..?, anti-freedom/liberty… Using Trump as a chump/mentor target too.. If you want to get to the MO, get to the root of the problem. It’s a spiritual problem. The Gov./LE keep looking at the surface… Read more »
Any bets on how many new gun control laws will be introduced in the near future? You can bet there will be plenty and they will be as ineffectual as the ones already on the books. People will never learn or admit it’s the person not the weapon.
I am a self-professed “American Nationalist.” I believe in American sovereignty and culture, and am quite happy with how the Trump Administration is doing. Especially when it comes to erasing the legacy of the occupant for the previous 8 years. America’s interests should be first on EVERY American’s agenda, they certainly are on mine. For illegals: Build the goddamn Wall, and Deport Them All. You want to come here; wait your turn, follow the laws and procedures, LEARN ENGLISH, and become an American. Certainly, don’t forget your cultural heritage, but become an English speaking American, not a foreign national living… Read more »
David Codrea’s articles are always well formulated, informative and factual. What a contrast with Harold Hutchinson’s drivel.
Let them go full blown gun ban, look at France, their laws did not stop terrorists with rifles or box trucks.
Laws are like a lock, they work for honest people.