"This is an important milestone for our country and for our firearms community. As licence holders fill in the new Firearms Registry, it will give a much clearer picture and this transparency will help stop firearms being transferred into criminal hands. "Until now, there has been no complete picture of where all the lawfully held firearms in our community are and no visibility of how firearms are moving around the community - when people are buying, selling or passing firearms on to other people," Police Minister Ginny Andersen said in a statement. The $208 million registry was one of the recommendations from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch mosque attacks in 2019. Using a new online system, gun owners have up to five years to register their firearms. It was the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman in New Zealand’s history. It officially took effect on Saturday, requiring firearms licence holders to update as they buy and sell guns. 324K views 2 years ago In March 2019, Brenton Tarrant murdered 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch. The Government has finally launched the gun registry it promised in the wake of the Christchurch shooting.
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