The move could see the law introduced less than a month after the Christchurch mosque shootings that left at least 50 dead.
and high-capacity magazines legally, and then put them together to create military-style weapons."We're closing that down."The bill would also impose tougher penalties for people who use the weapons after they are banned.
MPs intend to introduce more legislation later this year, including the creation of a register to track guns. The government intends to compensate owners of banned guns in a buyback scheme that will cost up to 200m New Zealand dollars .There will be some exemptions from the ban including police officers, military personnel and some authorised pest controllers.
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