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    New Zealand Banning Weapons Like Those Used In Mosque Attacks In Christchurch

    Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Thursday that the government will ban "military-style semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles," to avert "the kind of horror and attack that we saw on Friday."
    by Barbara Campbell Mar 20, 2019 1 minute
    Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Thursday that the New Zealand government will ban military style semi-automatic weapons in response to the mosque attacks last week that killed 50 people.

    New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Thursday that the government will ban "military-style semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles," in an attempt to head-off "the kind of horror and attack

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