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Where is US Bill S.66, Assault Weapons Ban? New Zealand Bill Banning Certain Firearms, Magazines, and Parts Passed Six Days After Christchurch Attack

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Our legislation and where it stands: Text – S.66 – 116th Congress (2019-2020): Assault Weapons Ban of 2019

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/66/text
 
Jan 9, 2019 – To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. … This Act may be cited as the “Assault Weapons Ban of 2019”.

Committees‎: ‎Senate – Judiciary
Latest Action‎: ‎Senate – 01/09/2019 Read twice …
Sponsor‎: ‎Sen. Feinstein, Dianne (Introduced 0…

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Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] (Introduced 01/09/2019)
Committees: Senate – Judiciary
Latest Action: Senate – 01/09/2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.  (All Actions)

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This bill has the status Introduced

Here are the steps for Status of Legislation:

  1. Introduced
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. To President
  5. Became Law

 

Global Legal Monitor, Library of Congress, Law Library

On April 10, 2019, the New Zealand Parliament passed, with a vote of 119–1, the Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Bill, which bans most semiautomatic firearms and assault rifles along with high-capacity magazines and parts that can be used to assemble prohibited firearms. (Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Bill, NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT (last visited Apr. 10, 2019); Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts Amendment Act 2019, New Zealand legislation website. See also Changes to Firearms Law – Prohibited Firearms, NEW ZEALAND POLICE (last updated Apr. 16, 2019).) The Bill received royal assent on April 11, 2019, with the amendments coming into force the following day.

Bill Process

The Bill was introduced on April 1, 2019, following an attack, on March 15, 2019, in which a gunman killed 50 people at two mosques in the city of Christchurch. (Press Release, Stuart Nash, Tighter Gun Law to Enhance Public Safety (Apr. 1, 2019), New Zealand Government website.) Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the Minister of Police, Stuart Nash, had officially announced the government’s intention to ban certain firearms, including the types used in the Christchurch attack, on March 21. (Press Release, Jacinda Ardern & Stuart Nash, New Zealand Bans Military Style Semi-Automatics and Assault Rifles (Mar. 21, 2019), New Zealand Government website.) This followed Cabinet decisions taken on March 18, three days after the attacks. (Id.)

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