New Zealanders hand over 10,000-plus guns and weapons parts in buyback scheme

Police in New Zealand said they are pleased with the response to the country's gun buyback scheme with 10,000 guns and accessories handed in over 7 days.

 

New Zealanders have handed over more than 10,000 guns, weapons parts and accessories in the first week of a buyback scheme prompted by the country’s worst peacetime mass shooting, police figures released on Sunday show.

A gun reform law passed in April banned most semi-automatic firearms, parts that convert firearms into semi-automatics, magazines over a certain capacity and some shotguns.

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