>>Everyone knows why -- NRA + gun manufactures + money + lobbyists + idiots + chickenshit congress members = no new gun laws.

NZ doesn't have a second amendment. Also worth noting that previously fairly strict license vetting was changed late last year by the same government that moved so quickly this time, which had allowed some licensing to be undertaken online rather than via local police. Scuttlebutt is that the Australian terrorist got his license at about that time. He also broke the law, modifying weapons to make them "E" category weapons that aren't allowed to standard license holders. In any case, pride cometh before a fall, and a big thanks to the Australian who brought all this nasty stuff to somewhere that didn't want any of it.