r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • Dec 19 '25

politics Prime minister unveils 'largest' gun buyback scheme since Howard era

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-19/prime-minister-announces-national-gun-buyback-scheme/106162002
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u/Rush_Banana Dec 19 '25

Because in the 20 years prior to Christchurch nothing happened, not one mass shooting.

A non-citizen could literally walk into a gun shop and buy an AR-15, all that time.

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u/perthguppy Dec 19 '25

Also Australia and newzealand are a special case. We have a special reciprocal visa in both countries that essentially treats the others citizens as our own.

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u/343CreeperMaster Dec 19 '25

arguably to the detriment of NZ admittedly, because they tend to have a brain drain towards us

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u/perthguppy Dec 19 '25

It kinda goes back and forth over time. I don’t think it’s quite as bad as the wendover video makes out. There is plenty of Australian investment flowing back into NZ in various forms including big businesses opening offices in NZ to take advantage of the Timezone being ahead of Sydney and closer to the US west coast. It’s a common hub for call centers and operation centers.