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New Zealand recorded [13] new local cases of the coronavirus on Thursday and said it will transfer anyone infected into quarantine facilities, as the government attempts to stamp out the nation’s first outbreak in more than three months.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-13/new-zealand-reports-13-new-community-virus-cases-amid-outbreak

 

Despite enacting a sweeping firearms ban last year, officials in New Zealand have successfully pushed a new set of regulations designed to inform gun owners of their precarious “privilege.”

 

The latest Arms Legislation Bill passed through the New Zealand Parliament last week despite a modicum of resistance from members who thought it went too far and only scapegoats law-abiding gun owners in the country. With that, the measure is expected to achieve Royal Assent this week with some restrictions taking place immediately.

 

“Owning a firearm is a privilege,” said Police Minister Stuart Nash in supporting the legislation. “In order for a person to be given that privilege, they must take responsibility to protect and promote public safety. The vast majority of gun owners are law-abiding and responsible. The changes reinforce the positive behavior required of all gun owners.”

 

The New Zealand ban on several types of previously legal firearms last year targeted an estimated [17]0,000 of the country’s more than 1.2 million legal guns with virtually no provision for grandfathering. Owners who did not elect to “sell” their often treasured family heirlooms to authorities– sometimes at comparatively paltry pre-set prices– faced a lengthy jail term if they did not comply.

https://www.guns.com/news/2020/06/23/its-never-enough-more-gun-laws-passed-in-new-zealand