The New Zealand Police estimates that there are around 1.2 million firearms in the country. As of Monday, 211 firearms had been handed in to police, with some gun owners even doing so before the proposed law changes had been announced, according to a statement from New Zealand Police.
Amaphoyisa aseNew Zealand alinganisela ukuthi kunezibhamu ezingaba yizigidi ezingu-1.2 ezweni. Kusukela ngoMsombuluko zingu-211 izibhamu ezilethwe emaphoyiseni, kanti abanye abanikazi bezibhamu bakwenze lokho ngaphambi kokuba kumenyezelwe ushintsho lomthetho, ngokwesitatimende samaPhoyisa aseNew Zealand.