Biden asks New Zealand’s Ardern for advice on extremist gun violence

WASHINGTON, 01 June 2022, (TON): President Joe Biden told New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern that after the latest US mass shooting he wants her advice in tackling a rise in gun violence and extremist ideologies.

Meeting in the Oval Office with Ardern, Biden referred to the 2019 Christchurch slaying of 51 people in mass shootings targeting Muslims.

The bloodshed prompted New Zealand to ban military-style rifles. A gun buy-back was also instituted.

Biden said “we need your guidance.”

He said “I want to work with you on that effort.”

Biden, who visited the Texan town of Uvalde on Sunday to mourn the deaths of 19 children and two teachers slain by a gunman using an assault-style rifle, said "there was an awful lot of suffering and that much of it is preventable.”

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