>>>So with an unmodified weapon 'only' 30 people would have been killed ?
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>There's been expert straw-manning every day, so no point even going there.
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>Once law-abiding owners allow their semi-autos to be bought back, it'll be much harder to live stream murderous intent using firearms in NZ, even if it is 30 years since the last mass shooting. But In the age of 3D printing and ingredients for explosives available online, nutters who want to maim fellow humans have plenty of choices. The issue was that we thought we were immune to this collective madness. Not any more.

Care to explain why you think you were exempt ?
btw i don't see the need for weapons like the AR 15 freely available to the great unwashed.