AWR Hawkins

Hours after New Zealand announced prohibitions against semiautomatic rifles and shotguns Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) tweeted that the U.S. needs to follow the gun ban example.

On Thursday, CNN published a report suggesting the U.S. lacks the “urgency” of New Zealand in banning guns.

Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars took to social media en masse to praise the gun ban New Zealand enacted after the tragic Christchurch shooting.

Socialist presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders reacted to the New Zealand gun ban by calling for similar ban in the U.S.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced a semiautomatic firearms ban Thursday, making clear the ban was “just the beginning.”

New Zealand’s new gun ban prohibits the possession of “semiautomatic firearms” which can accept magazines that hold more than five rounds of ammunition.

The Glock 43X is a single stack 9mm pistol that takes the best qualities of the Glock 43 and makes them better.

Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern announced Thursday that New Zealand has officially banned “military-style” semiautomatic rifles and “high-capacity” magazines.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) said sheriffs who refuse to enforce gun confiscation laws “should resign” their posts.

Democrat presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren is pushing the same gun controls that failed to prevent last week’s heinous attacks in New Zealand.

While not releasing details of any pending gun controls New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is encouraging gun owners to surrender their firearms.

North Carolina Sens. Jerry Tillman (R), Ralph Hise (R), and Warren Daniel (R), are pushing legislation to implement salary increases for teachers who undergo the training necessary to be armed on campus.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) is fighting to ensure federal money cannot be used to arm teachers for self-defense or train armed teachers for classroom defense.

In the wake of the heinous Christchurch, NZ, attacks, Newsweek is citing three examples to prove New Zealand gun owners are voluntarily handing over their semiautomatic rifles and other firearms.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) said gun makers oppose universal because checks because they want to sell guns “to someone on the terror watch-list.”

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) is pushing a ban on AR-15s and similar firearms under the guise that “no one needs a semiautomatic rifle” for home defense.

“Weapons of war” were commonly owned civilian weapons when the Second Amendment was ratified in 1791.

MSBNC host Joe Scarborough voiced support for the Second Amendment Sunday but stressed that the Amendment does not protect “weapons of war,” i.e., AR-15s.

During a weekend interview presidential hopeful Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke said AR-15 sales should be banned in America.

Italian leaders are eyeing a Stand Your Ground-style law that would offer protections for Italians who perceive a threat and kill someone in their home.

Model and reality TV megastar Kim Kardashian reacted to the Christchurch mosque shootings by wishing U.S. lawmakers would adopt a New Zealand-like semiautomatic rifle ban.

While there are myriad lessons that can be drawn fromthe heinous attack in Christchurch, the one at the forefront of my mind is that being armed is part of being prepared. 

Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts suggests New Zealand gun control is a model for United States lawmakers.

New Zealand’s government is responding to the Christchurch attacks by pledging to ban all semiautomatic rifles.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Christchurch shooting suspect Brenton Tarrant had a license to own guns and obtained the five guns used in the Mosque attacks via that license.

North Carolina’s Cherokee County declared “Gun Sanctuary” status and will not enforce gun control that infringes on the Second Amendment.

New Zealand requires licensing and in-depth background checks for would-be gun owners, but neither gun control policy prevented Friday’s attacks in Christchurch that killed nearly 50 people.

CNN responded to the heinous attacks in Christchurch by claiming that New Zealand needs to review their gun laws with an eye to more controls. 

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) says the lawsuit some Sandy Hook families brought against Remington is a way of “holding gun manufacturers accountable.”

Multiple mosques were targeted during attacks in New Zealand on Friday, and an armed man reportedly fired back at the shooters in the Linwood area of Christchurch.