Adopting Birkland’s concept of the “focusing event,” we examined the five mass shootings in New Zealand (NZ) over the last 50 years to identify the elements of mass shootings that may make policy change more likely. Only the 2019 mass shooting in Christchurch has resulted in substantial,...
ATTEMPTS TO STRENGTHEN New Zealand’s gun-control laws have failed in parliament four times over the past 20 years. That was before a white supremacist laid siege to two mosques in the city of Christchurch on March 15th, killing 50 people. This week a bill to ban the kind of high-powere...
A British writer residing in New Zealand who prefers not to be named told Xinhua that he was surprised at the easy access to semi-automatics in the country, saying that gun control laws should be stricter. "There is no valid reason to own fully- or semi-automatic weapons in New Zealand,...
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern promptly announced she would push fora national banon military-style semiautomatic weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines.The stark contrast between the rapid action in New Zealand and the lack of federal gun control measures in the U.S. ...
I realized last month that I had not added anything in 2024 tomy collection of socialism humor, so I atoned for that oversight withfive new amusing bits of satire. A reader pointed out that I also haven’t yet augmented thecollection of gun control humorthis year. ...
Gun control * Never again 枪支管制* 让悲剧不再上演 --- New Zealand’s parliament bans semi-automatic rifles 新西兰议会宣布禁持半自动 Attempts to strengthen New Zealand’s gun-control laws have failed in parliament four times over the past 20 years. That was before a white supremacist laid...
Jacinda Ardern spoke to Stephen Colbert about gun control in the aftermath of the Robb Elementary School shooting.
California governor signs bills to bolster gun controlFILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom meets with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and members of the California delegation at Oracle Park in San Francisco, July 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada, Pool, File) By ASSOCIATED PRES...
This paper attempts to extend three leading schools of thought on the nature of Canadian and American political differences to other countries with a common English heritage, namely Australia and New Zealand. In so doing it will use the political-culture surrounding gun regulation and gun ownership...