Changing gun laws in New Zealand

The World

 New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is promising changes to her country’s gun regulations following last week’s deadly mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch. Host Marco Weman speaks with Alexander Gillespie, who teaches at New Zealand’s University of Waikato, about the country’s current gun laws and how the country is managing to move so swiftly to change them.

Will you support The World?

The story you just read is not locked behind a paywall because listeners and readers like you generously support our nonprofit newsroom. Now more than ever, we need your help to support our global reporting work and power the future of The World. Can we count on you?