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Re:ISPs in AU and NZ start censoring the internet without le... by int_19h on Saturday March 23, 2019 @11:40PM (#19474123)
With respect to their semi-auto ban, I think the most questionable part of it was where the executive unilaterally banned them via Order in Council, so as to not wait for the legislative process (which is still ongoing). I'm frankly amazed that any modern democracy grants its executive an authority to outright promulgate binding legislation like that.
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Re:ISPs in AU and NZ start censoring the internet without le... by Taniwha on Sunday March 24, 2019 @01:39AM (#19474608)
They didn't ban them they changed the license requirements to own them, something that they can do legally by regulation under the current law

The ban will be done in parliament over then next week or so, looks like 95%+ of the currently elected MPs will vote for the change, all major parties in parliament, left and right, have publicly said that they agree with the changes.

Remember that less than one person in 15 in NZ has a gun license, and even fewer own semi-automatics, it's a small minority affected by this change, it's not all that controversial (in NZ)

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