The reason why we have MSSA restrictions is because of Government knee-jerk reactions to the Aramoana Massacre in November 1990, under public pressure to 'do something'.
The fact that David Gray had a trespass notice issued against him in January of that year for threatening a shopkeeper with a shotgun is hardly ever mentioned. Had the Police not been so fucking incompetent, they may have saved 13 lives, and we would not have to give a shit about the shape of the weapon, or its capacity.
In most spree shootings, the offender has been known to the authorities. Of course, the authorities need a scapegoat, so, blame the guns.
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