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The buyback program is the result of a massive shooting. [originaltext] New Z
The buyback program is the result of a massive shooting. [originaltext] New Z
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2023-12-28
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The buyback program is the result of a massive shooting.
New Zealand officials are reporting progress with a government program that pays citizens to give up their guns.
The buyback program started six weeks ago. Gun owners can receive between 25 to 95 percent of the price of a new gun, depending on the condition of the weapon they turn in.
The program is meant to support new gun laws enacted after a March shooting that killed 51 people at two Islamic religious centers. The laws ban military-like guns.
Some New Zealand gun owners have criticized the ban, while others believe it is the best way to fight gun violence.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told the Associated Press in July that most New Zealanders disagree with the U.S. model under which gun ownership is considered a constitutional right. The new laws in New Zealand state that gun ownership should be considered a privilege, not a right.
So far, owners have turned in more than 15,000 newly-banned weapons, as well as 64,000 related gun parts. In return, the government has paid out about $20 million. There is no clear target for the buyback program because the government has not kept records on the number of guns in the country.
Some estimates have suggested the total number of guns in New Zealand could be about 1.5 million. The estimated number of currently banned weapons is about 175,000. If these numbers are correct, it would mean less than 10 percent of banned guns have been turned in so far. Owners have until December 20 to turn over any banned weapons or possibly face charges.
Some politicians and opponents say the buyback program unfairly targets law-obeying gun owners rather than criminals. But the country’s Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mike Clement, disagrees. Clement, a 40-year police veteran who heads the program, told the AP it has been working well so far.
After collecting the weapons, police use a machine to crush them before they are loaded onto trucks to be thrown away.
Michael Dowling is chairman of the country’s Council of Licensed Firearm Owners. He says gun owners have mixed reactions to the ban. He said some feel badly treated, although most were trying to obey the law. His organization does not agree with the ban and believes it could create a much bigger black market.
Dowling told the AP that concerns among gun owners about how the program is being run "could mean a lot of firearms don’t get handed in."
Phillip Fee is a gun owner who came to hand in his Remington semi-automatic weapon. He told the AP he fully supports the ban, especially after the shootings. He said he thinks a lot of people want to become well-known or bring publicity to a cause, and that powerful weapons can give them an easy way to do that.
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A、正确
B、错误
答案
A
解析
原文说:The program is meant to support new gun laws enacted after a March shooting that killed 51 people at two Islamic religious centers.也就是说,启动这项枪支回购计划是为了支持因三月份的大规模枪击案而制定的新的枪支管理法,因此,是正确的。
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