However, the country has maintained a low level of gun violence with Friday's attack being the biggest mass shooting in the country's recent history. There are an estimated 1.5 million firearms in New Zealand for a population of nearly five million. Horrifying footage has emerged from inside a Christchurch mosque as a gunman opened fire with a semiautomatic rifle, shooting dozens of people inside at point blank range. "We cannot be deterred, gun laws have to be changed regardless on activity from gun retailers," she said speaking to reporters. The Prime Minister pledged that the country's gun laws would change, adding that a ban on semi-automatic weapons would be considered.Īrdern said that Parliament would convene on Monday to discuss a change in gun policies. "The offender was mobile, there were two other firearms in the vehicle that the offender was in, and it absolutely was his intention to continue with his attack," Ardern told reporters in Christchurch on Saturday.Īrdern added that Tarrant was a licensed gun owner who allegedly used five weapons, including two semi-automatic weapons and two shotguns that were modified.
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