In each of the last two years, New Zealand recorded 2.4 gun-related deaths per million people. That means that each of those years, New Zealand averaged 11.74 gun related deaths per year.

Now Australia didn’t have a complete ban on guns, they didn’t even ban all semi-automatic guns, but a discussion on the changes in their crime rates from their gun buyback is available here (see also particularly here). And in both of the last two years, the rate of deadly incidents involving a firearm was the highest it had been since 2009. Police say 56,350 weapons had been handed in by Friday morning in a campaign gun-control groups say has been a … For instance, in the United States there are about 106 deaths per 1 million population each year. In each of the last two years, New Zealand recorded 2.4 gun-related deaths per million people. After the county’s parliament banned most semi-automatic weapons in the wake of a deadly massacre, less than one percent of the now-prohibited firearms have been turned in. Guns ‘Plentiful,’ Crime Low GPM’s Robert Davis reported shortly after the ban was passed: “…Guns are plentiful,” in New Zealand, the Times reports. It should come as no surprise that New Zealand's new gun control laws haven't appeared to effect gun crime. New Zealand passed the New Zealand Arms Amendment Act 2019 and the data is, well, seemingly predictable. New Zealand eliminated long gun registration because it was ineffective and expensive, in 1983. Says after Australia passed a "new law" that forced gun owners to give up over 640,000 firearms, the country saw a dramatic increase in homicides, assaults and robberies. After all, gang members told the government as much. In the wake of the March 15 New Zealand shootings, advocates for new gun restrictions in New Zealand have pointed to Australia as "proof" that if national governments adopt gun restrictions like those of Australia's National Firearms Agreement, then homicides will go into steep decline. “According to a 2017 small arms survey, there are more than 1.2 million firearms among the population of 4.6 million.” “ On a global scale, gun crime remains incredibly low in New Zealand. The figures, obtained from police under the Official Information Act, show the rates of gun crime went up in both 2018 and 2019. Less than one month after a gunman killed 50 people in an attack on two mosques in Christchurch, the New Zealand Parliament voted Wednesday to ban …

After all, gang members told the government as much. According to figures obtained by Radio New Zealand, “[L]ast year had the highest rates of gun crime and deaths involving firearms for nearly 10 years.” In 2014, before the implementation of gun control, New Zealand had a gun-related death rate of less than 1 per 1 million people.