Islamophobic shooting in Christchurch, NZ

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News coming out from New Zealand about a shooting happening live now.

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/14/asia/christchurch-mosque-shooting-intl/index.html

4 active crime scenes.

Car bomb.
2 mosques
Another incident still live.

https://www.news.com.au/world/pacific/police-respond-to-shooting-inside-christchurch-mosque/news-story/db75a7aa031b8db068ca7c7e44c4728e

Semi-automatic weapons. Lots of casualties.

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The 28-year-old alleged Christchurch gunman identified as former Grafton local. NSW Australia.



Brenton Tarrant attended Grafton High School before getting his qualifications in fitness.

He used an AR-15 and similar weapons to the Las Vegas shooting.

No military training.

https://www.google.com/amp/amp.abc.net.au/article/10904744

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In an awful way, I think we've seen hard evidence that restrictive gun laws have an effect. I can't think of any other reason why Australians would travel to a country with laxer gun laws to do something they otherwise had ample targets to do at home.

It is virtually impossible for Australians to get these guns used today.

Never seen one.

If you are caught with them illegally, you will face jail time.

There has been a slow build up of anti-immigrant anti-muslim sentiment worldwide since the Syrian civil war, so targetting NZ or Australia or Tender is completely pointless.

This man is solely responsible.

After Port Arthur in 1996, fully and semi-automatic military grade rifles were banned in Australia and we have not had a mass shooting since.

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This has remarkable similarities to July 22 2011 in Norway.

This individual has been reported this morning on Australian TV as:

1. Having a Manifesto written in 2016 or 2017 after visiting France and Spain that he was going to plan an attack.
2. When working in Australia, his boss said there was never any demonstrated political opinions and was a very good worker he gave his fitness lessons to children for free.
3. Referencing historical fights with Islamic forces from the Dark Ages.
4. Visited North Korea.
5. Visited Pakistan in 2017.
6. Made money for travel from crypto-currency.
7. Had an arenal of semi-automatic weapons.

Therefore, we may see a court case where he talks about his manifesto and ideology.

To do that, he will need to plead "not guilty" to gain an audience in court to present his case.

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I thought NZ would be more like the UK in terms of gun laws, but they are more like the US.

Once this guy got his gun license in Dec 2017, he could pretty much purchase whatever he liked except semi-automatic weapons. He did not possess the right class for an AR-15 weapon.

Short version:

https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-16/new-zealand-gun-control-laws/10907550

Long version with real life context:

Guns are more accepted in NZ for hunting, which on the south Island of New Zealand, includes bore, goat and deer.

Very popular with young guys over there.

Pig hunting in NZ is something where they let out three or four dogs wearing puncture proof GPS located vests, and they hunt the boars. The dogs have a particular role in the group with the lead dog wearing more protection.

The humans then use a GPS tracker on the dogs to then focus in on the wild boar once they stop, meaning the dogs have trapped the pig.

Then the hunter arrives, pulls out the AR-15 or the knife and sticks the swine in the gizzard. Gruesome.

(Warning: the following video shows young men in NZ running around with guns killing pigs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCw0NrnEPhg

13:22 Putting on a GPS belt.

17:35 shows a guy shooting a pig whilst another pig is letting out it's last squeals of life as it is attacked by a pack of hunting dogs.

I cannot stand the sight of blood, but I guess if you live in south island of NZ, this is what you do with your brothers.

National pastime.

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Media reports coming in that the gun shooting range where the gunman practiced had a culture of extremism.

Whatever that means.

But of interest, an individual was so concerned with the behaviour of the men at the gun club that he reported them to Police.

And it appears the Police dismissed them as "crazies".

You cannot blame this on a gun club.
You cannot blame this on Chelsea Clinton.
You cannot blame this on Australasian gun laws.

It's more complex.

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I’ve been a fan of Ardern’s for a while now but I gotta say, she’s really impressed me the way she’s stepped up and dealt with this. Especially considering she’s one of the youngest heads of state in the world and she’s only been in office a year. Must be nice to have a head of state who’s not a raving lunatic sociopath...

My sister loves her too.

She feels.guilt because she received the manifesto before the shooting and did not tell the police. Realistically, nobody could have done anything with it in the time available.

I think she is clearly in a difficult position, and now she can do something about gun control.

This is not the first mass shooting on the South Island of NZ.

"Out of the Blue" (2006) is a stunningly produced film about David Gray, a gun enthusiast who lost the plot in a small town near Dunedin not far from where this new gunman lived.

Wikipedia description:

Out of the Blue

Trailer

https://youtu.be/35M3jSusb-w

Highly recommended in the context of the current topic of gun control. A real heart-ripping film that will bring you to tears.

Up until two days ago, this was NZ's worst gun massacre.

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"An Adelaide man charged after allegedly posting comments online in support of the Christchurch terrorist attack has lost his bid to be allowed to use the internet."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-02/alleged-christchurch-supporter-fails-to-overturn-internet-ban/10963092

Imagine if the Australian Government ran the Atlas Forums.

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Gun laws changed almost instantly.

Credit where it is due. You don't see this in the USA after a mass shooting.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=12221141