Do reports of gun owners’ anger stack up?

RNZ

All our MPs but one voted to change the gun laws. Opinion polls showed a majority approved and thousands of banned weapons have been peacefully surrendered. Do reported claims of widespread discontent among the nation’s gun owners stack up?

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018708841/do-reports-of-gun-owners-anger-stack-up