Semi-automatic Weapons

• Saskatchewan stakeholders, premier react to firearms ban announcement

  Some in Saskatchewan, including Premier Scott Moe, are voicing opposition to the federal government's newly announced ban on "assault-style" firearms.

  Canada

  May 1, 2020
  
• New Zealand’s ban on semi-automatic weapons is now fully in effect

  Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern vowed within days of the Christchurch massacre to tighten gun control.

  World

  Dec 20, 2019
  
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• New Zealand gun buy-back program surpasses 10,000 firearms in a month

  New Zealand acted swiftly after two mosques in Christchurch came under gunfire on March 15, leaving 51 people dead and dozens more injured.

  World

  Aug 12, 2019
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• Trump administration bans bump stocks, which were used in Las Vegas mass shooting

  The regulation gives gun owners until late March to turn in or destroy the devices. After that, it will be illegal to possess them under the same federal laws that prohibit machine-guns.

  World

  Dec 18, 2018
• Petition gets MEC, retailers to boycott Vista Outdoor, a brand that also manufactures guns

  Sarah Latha said she started the petition that garnered more than 50,000 signatures after she realized she was buying water bottles for her children from a brand owned by a gun company.

  Consumer

  Mar 1, 2018