Well, the predictable outcome is here:
"New Zealand will ban all military-style semi-automatic weapons and all assault rifles".
Strategic? ...hmmm
And when the next mass murderer uses a car to kill a bunch of people they will ban cars. Then knives (like London is trying to do), then eventually you will have your hands cut off because they are the real problem, without hands to can’t hold a weapon. Oh yeah, I forgot about prosthetics!
You can’t legislate a society to be free of evil or insane people, but you can force otherwise peaceful and normal people to revolt by constantly attacking the law abiding citizens for the actions of the criminals.
So we are forced to believe that future monsters won't be able to enact mass murder because they won't be legally allowed to own an AR-15, "the gun of choice for the world's mass killers."
"He said this measure would enable New Zealand to become a safer place." Yeah, I trust this guy with keeping me safe.
"Police and defense force will have exemptions" - I object per my proposal 2. If the public gets BB guns so do the police. [slug.com]
Ugh, and the guy who did it literally SAID what he wanted and why... And yep... They are fulfilling exatly what was wanted.