New Zealand’s Violent Crime Rate Soars by 33% After Strict Gun Control Regulations Imposed in Wake of March 15, 2019 Mosque Massacre

“Over the past 5 years gangs have recruited greater than 3000 members, a 51 per cent enhance. On the similar time, we’ve seen a major escalation in gang-related violence, public intimidation and shootings, with violent crime up 33 %.” says Mr Goldsmith.

Employees, “Authorities Backs Police To Crackdown On Gangs,” SCOOP Impartial Information, February 25, 2024.

Admittedly it is extremely troublesome to make a lot of purely time sequence information for one place, however did any of the gun management advocates predict such an enormous enhance in violent crime after the gun management had been handed after the March 15, 2019 mass homicide? Hardly.

There are additionally accusations that the federal government is misrepresenting the variety of these weapons in personal fingers.

The Firearms Minister is being accused of deceptive the general public over the variety of folks allowed to have prohibited semi-automatics.

Centrefire semi-automatic weapons had been banned after the 15 March terror assaults, bar a number of carve-outs for pest management and gun collectors.

Affiliate Justice Minister (Firearms) Nicole McKee has repeatedy mentioned greater than 6600 New Zealanders are licensed to own semi-automatics. . . .

Gun Management NZ co-founder Philippa Yasbek mentioned she couldn’t reconcile the minister’s determine of 6600, pointing to a different, a lot smaller quantity McKee gave in a solution to a written parliamentary query in February. . . .

Anneke Smith, “Firearms Minister accused of deceptive public on gun stats,” RNZ, April 8, 2024.