Uh oh. News is starting to leak out — despite all the happy crappy from the mainstream media about 54,000 guns confiscated — that the New Zealand “buyback” was a big failure. At least two-thirds (probably closer to 75%) of the newly outlawed guns were not actually turned in. It seems an awful lot of … Read more
The final numbers for the New Zealand “buyback” confiscation are now available. We’ll begin by taking them at face value. As of December 21, 2019 (the day after the “buyback” ended), they claim: Collected: 51,342 newly banned firearms. Modified to comply: 2,717 Total: 54,059 That’s 22.5% compliance based on the previous estimate of 240,000 affected … Read more
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