The Changing Face of Firearms in New Zealand

At 1:40 p.m. on March 15, 2019, New Zealand faced its worst firearms attack in the country’s history. Within moments, the first of many reports reached the emergency floor of the Justice Precinct Building in central Christchurch, the main city in the province of Canterbury. The facility, built to support the city following the devastating earthquakes of 2011, was front and center in dealing with a threat of another kind.