Today, New Zealand taught the world what an appropriate and timely reaction to a massacre is as the sale of automatic weapons and magazines was banned.
“New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Wednesday that the country would ban the sale of all assault rifles and semi-automatic guns, less than a week after a shooter opened fire at two mosques in Christchurch, killing 50 people.
“Today I am announcing that New Zealand will ban all military-style semi-automatic weapons. We will also ban all assault rifles,” Ardern said at a press conference, according to The Guardian.
“We will ban all high-capacity magazines. We will ban all parts with the ability to convert semi-automatic or any other type of firearm into a military-style semi-automatic weapon. We will ban parts that cause a firearm to generate semi-automatic, automatic or close to automatic gunfire,” she continued.”
When racism and hatred are at hand, the need to have a gun is never justified. A religion does not make an enemy, hatred does. So, I take this moment to applaud PM Ardern and spotlight her administration’s swift and appropriate response to a deadly shooting. Maybe we will learn from her, and remember that hatred only begets hatred. Do not allow anyone to bring you to hatred. Do not buy military grade weapons to deal with hatred. Do not allow the slaughter of innocent people in the name of hate. Jacinda Ardern, we see you, and we applaud you! ❤️
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Kali J Desautels 
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