Leading Democrats have heaped praise on New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern after the Kiwi leader announced her country was immediately banning "military-style semi-automatic weapons" after last week's attack that killed 50 people at two mosques. We will ban all parts with the ability to convert semiautomatic, or any other type of firearm, into a military-style semi-automatic weapon," the prime minister said. “Christchurch happened, and within days New Zealand acted to get weapons of war out of the consumer market. The ban in New Zealand comes six days after a gunman opened fire at two mosques in Christchurch. Ardern said the man suspected of the attack bought his weapons legally with a standard gun license and modified their capacity by using 30-round magazines, "essentially turning them into military-style semi-automatic weapons."

Source: Fox News March 21, 2019 17:15 UTC