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It's been just under a week since a gunman entered a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, and murdered 50 people and injured 50 others.
In the time since then, the country's prime minister has become something of a shining example to other politicians around the world on how to show empathy and compassion to those affected by such an awful act of terror.
In the early hours of Thursday morning, GMT, Arden officially announced that 'all military-style semi-automatic weapons' had been banned from New Zealand as well as all assault rifles, gun magazines and devices that can alter the firing mechanism of a standard gun or rifle.
The ban is set to be enforced on Friday meaning it has taken New Zealand just six days to outlaw semi-automatic weapons, following last Friday's atrocity.
“Today I am announcing that New Zealand will ban all military-style semi-automatic weapons.” - New Zealand Prime Mi… https://t.co/gdkYpamcLe— Keith Boykin (@Keith Boykin) 1553136122
Meanwhile, the United States, which has already witnessed more than 60 mass shootings in 2019 alone, is still yet to take any action whatsoever on enforcing stricter gun laws.
The Democrat congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, highlighted in a tweet that the shocking Sandy Hook massacre, where 20 children were shot dead, occurred six years ago and not even that tragedy could convince the Senate to hold a vote on universal background checks.
She also shared the above video of Arden and added the words "this is what leadership looks like."
Sandy Hook happened 6 years ago and we can’t even get the Senate to hold a vote on universal background checks w/… https://t.co/iKiW8zKTNu— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) 1553137131
Needless to say, there were many people that agreed with AOC's statement.
@AOC There is a crisis of cowardice on the GOP side of the aisle. I mean, they can't even muster the courage to de… https://t.co/lG5WoxP1j8— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@BrooklynDad_Defiant!) 1553139210
@AOC Birth control? BAN IT! Abortion? BAN IT! Gay marriage? BAN IT! Guns? Look, banning things never works. People… https://t.co/DVJba7fwl6— StanceGrounded (@StanceGrounded) 1553139643
@AOC It’s also leadership that hasn’t been bought by the @NRA.— Angela Belcamino (@Angela Belcamino) 1553157452
@AOC That’s because the rest of the worlds governments are not beholden to the worst terrorist organization in the world: the NRA.— Eric Wynne (@Eric Wynne) 1553160113
This is what leadership looks like. Instead, we have a psycho who tweets at dead people. https://t.co/qWRFX2GH79— Denis O'Hare (@Denis O'Hare) 1553167355
Parkland happened last year. How many people have been fired because they didn't properly do their jobs as part of… https://t.co/HYQNI2ZXvJ— BiasedGirl (@BiasedGirl) 1553139298
Well, that’s what a parliamentary system looks like ⬇️⬇️ #institutionsmatter https://t.co/lPD0pKViom— Brendan Nyhan (@Brendan Nyhan) 1553138118
Of course, there were those that vehemently disagreed with her, including the notorious NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch.
That’s also what an entirely different country that doesn’t have the right to bear arms as a cornerstone of its con… https://t.co/94aC0Up0fs— Dana Loesch (@Dana Loesch) 1553139107
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