Gun owners voluntarily surrender weapons to police after New Zealand mosque massacre
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After a mass shooting in two , the community is putting actions behind their thoughts and prayers by surrendering their guns.


Gun owners voluntarily surrendered their weapons to police after the attack noting that a weapon of such destruction has no place in their homes.

"Once you accept that these things can be harmful, in the wrong hands, the trade-off is a small inconvenience,” John Hart, who owned a semi-automatic rifle told the New Zealand Herald.

Hart, who works as a farmer added, “It's not a big deal not having it anymore. I couldn't, in good conscience, say they shouldn't be around if I still had one."

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