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New Zealanders have turned in more than 10,000 guns after mass shooting in Christchurch
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More than 10,000 firearms have been turned into New Zealand police as part of a government effort to buy back guns after the Christchurch massacre, authorities said Monday. New Zealand banned most automatic and semi-automatic weapons and components that modify existing weapons after the shooting that left 51 people dead and scores injured at two mosques in March. The country also established a buy-back program to allow gun owners to be compensated for turning in their weapons.
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lbauer
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10k turned in out of how many?
Found estimates of 1.5 million firearms in total in the hands of New Zealand residents, how many of them on the prohibited list no one seems to know. |
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