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jcmaine72

(1,773 posts) Tue Apr 16, 2019, 02:14 AM Apr 2019

I envy New Zealand.

Compare their reaction to an act of terrorism to ours following 9/11. They effectively banned assault weapons in less than a month, making their citizens far safer. We waged a so-called "War on Terror", resulting in us effectively destroying and permanently destabilizing three nations and counting, making Americans and everyone else in the world less safe than before.

While I think NZ arresting people for redistributing video of the attack is a little harsh, in light of Trump's recent usage of 9/11 images endangering Rep Omar's life, maybe they're on to something there as well.

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I envy New Zealand. (Original Post) jcmaine72 Apr 2019 OP

Do you understand that the whole country is a fraction of the size of NY city? pnwmom Apr 2019 #1

new zealand is majority center-right. Kurt V. Apr 2019 #2

They don't have the 2nd Amendment or the gun culture that we do in America... Baconator Apr 2019 #3

Imagine that... jcmaine72 Apr 2019 #4

Have heard from a few people looking into it...... Fla_Democrat Apr 2019 #5

I did right after the election A HERETIC I AM Apr 2019 #6

pnwmom

(108,990 posts)

1. Do you understand that the whole country is a fraction of the size of NY city?

Reply to jcmaine72 (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2019, 05:28 AM

Apr 2019

We could probably get San Francisco or Seattle to make the same decision, under the same circumstances -- though the R's in Congress would fight it on second amendment grounds.

Kurt V.

(5,624 posts)

2. new zealand is majority center-right.

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 16, 2019, 06:58 AM

Apr 2019

Baconator

(1,459 posts)

3. They don't have the 2nd Amendment or the gun culture that we do in America...

Reply to Kurt V. (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 16, 2019, 07:02 AM

Apr 2019

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The left to right political spectrum of the US doesn't really neatly overlap onto other countries either.

jcmaine72

(1,773 posts)

4. Imagine that...

Reply to Baconator (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 16, 2019, 07:03 AM

Apr 2019

Living in a nation without a "gun culture", or no need of one.

Fla_Democrat

(2,547 posts)

5. Have heard from a few people looking into it......

Reply to jcmaine72 (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2019, 07:15 AM

Apr 2019

https://www.newzealandnow.govt.nz/why-choose-nz/compare-new-zealand/usa

https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas

May be worth looking into.....

A HERETIC I AM

(24,376 posts)

6. I did right after the election

Reply to Fla_Democrat (Reply #5)

Tue Apr 16, 2019, 07:22 AM

Apr 2019

But I’m too old.

I don’t have a skill needed badly enough to offset the fact that I’ll be 60 in 3 weeks.

If I was a neurosurgeon it wouldn’t have been a problem

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