New Zealand PM: I Don’t Understand The US On Guns

May 14, 2019 Politics, Terrorism

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she does “not understand” why the United States has not passed stronger gun laws in the aftermath of mass shooting events. Ahead of a summit on online extremism, Ardern was responding to a question by CNN’s Christiane Amanpour asking whether countries can learn from New Zealand.

The Prime Minister said guns have a “practical purpose” in New Zealand but “that does not mean you need access to military-style semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles.” “Australia experienced a massacre and changed their laws, New Zealand had its experience and changed its laws, to be honest I do not understand the United States,” she said.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she does “not understand” why the United States has not passed stronger gun laws in the aftermath of mass shooting events https://t.co/q23IOZ5RZi pic.twitter.com/JPauavj2ih

— CNN International (@cnni) May 14, 2019