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Gun laws in New Zealand focus mainly on vetting firearm owners, rather than registering firearms or banning certain types of firearms. [8] Firearms legislation is provided for in the New Zealand's gun laws: the Arms Act 1983, [9] Arms Amendment Act 1992, [10] and Arms Regulations 1992 [11] and associated regulations.
The Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Act 2019 is an act of the New Zealand Parliament that amends the Arms Act 1983 to ban semi-automatic firearms, large capacity magazines, and parts that can be used to assemble prohibited firearms. It was introduced by Labour Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament Stuart Nash in ...
New Zealand’s government will overhaul the tighter gun laws introduced after a deadly mass shooting by a white supremacist five years ago, because they put excessive burdens on gun owners who ...
A New Zealand firearms licence is personal to the licence holder and is issued by New Zealand Police to people aged over 16 who are considered to be fit and proper to possess firearms. Endorsements on the licence identify which categories of firearms a licence holder can lawfully possess. Firearms licence holders can lawfully only procure and ...
Chloe Tipple (born 5 June 1991) [1] is a New Zealand sports shooter. After winning the 2015 Oceania Championships, [2] she represented New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Women's skeet competition. [3][4] She also represented New Zealand at the 2020 and 2024 Olympics. Her father is David Tipple, the owner of the Christchurch firearms ...
Biden praises New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for her success in curbing extremism and guns after a 2019 mass shooting in Christchurch.
18 June 2020 [1] Status: Current legislation. The Arms Legislation Act 2020 is an act by the New Zealand Parliament that established a new regulatory regime to regulate the use and storage of firearms in New Zealand including creating a gun registry. [2] The act passed its first reading on 24 September 2019 with the support of the Labour –led ...
The New Zealand Crime and Safety Survey (NZCASS) estimated that in 2014, the four major classes of crime incidents [ a ] were assault (27.3%), threat of force (21.4%), burglary (10.8%) and sexual offences (9.9%). Most of these incidents (52.9%) were experienced by a victim that experienced five or more incidents of crime.