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Focus shifts to NZ's gun laws

Armed police officers stand guard outside the Masjid Al Noor mosque in Christchurch

Hong Kong, Monday, March 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) Source: AAP

New Zealanders are starting to go about their lives after a tragic weekend as people return to work and schools following the terror attack that killed 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch.


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By Joy Joshi

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New Zealanders are starting to go about their lives after a tragic weekend as people return to work and schools following the terror attack that killed 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch.


While there is a heightened police presence throughout the nation, the country’s leaders are beginning to shift their focus to the country's 30-year-old gun laws.

 A terrorism expert says although Australia has better gun laws, authorities must be concerned by the possibility of what he calls copycat attacks in our country.

 


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