>Were the type of guns used already illegal for civilians to own? We know he was a registered gun owner, but were the types of guns legal?
Gun shop owner posted (saw on night shift) that he bought some guns legally vis mail order, but CEO wrote the guns he bought from his company were not all of the guns used in the attack. Looks like the shot guns (or usual hunting type) weapons were bought legally.
He should have also had a NZ gun license as a foreigner. That license is given if the guns he has have been registered in his home country. How would that work in OZ with new OZ gun laws? Any weapons he had should have been registered first in OZ to be awarded a NZ license, the way I read it.