Gun Control NZ is here to make sure our politicians listen to the majority who want strong gun laws.
Join us to keep New Zealanders safe from gun violence
We now have a ban on semi-automatic weapons and the registry is being implemented. But the new Minister in charge of firearms law is a former gun lobbyist and she wants to undo all of these improvements. We need to make sure she doesn't succeed.
234,335 licensed shooters own an estimated 1.2-1.7 million guns. We don’t know exactly how many guns there are in New Zealand because they are not yet all registered.
We own about 6.5 times as many guns per capita as residents of the UK and 2.5 times as many as Australians. An extra 52,000 guns were imported in to New Zealand in 2019.
Of these, 80% are suicides, 13% percent are homicides, 5% are accidents. Ready access to firearms increases the likelihood of suicide.
The Ministry of Justice recently released a discussion document to a limited number of stakeholders on changes to the regulation of clubs and ranges.
Gun Control NZ released new research today showing that more than 70% of New Zealanders support the gun registry.
Gun Control NZ has recently been made aware of misleading references to the outcome of New Zealand’s assault weapon buyback program in the context of the gun control debate in Canada. We have put out this response to them.
A pro-gun group including a New Conservative Party member hijacked the name and logo from an anti-gun group for its Facebook page.
Please join us at Gun Control NZ. We would like to represent your views on gun control to MPs, the government, and Police. We want to know what you think about our gun culture and the changes to gun laws that you think are needed. Membership is only $10.
We’re here to listen to you, to represent your views, and to submit on legislation.
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Gun Control NZ is run by a small group of volunteers. If you’d like to help out, get in touch.
