https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/03/21/new-zealand-banned-military-style-guns-after-massacre-what-about-u-s/ > Just days after a gunman massacred 50 people in New Zealand, the country banned military-style rifles used in the attack and touched off another searing debate in the U.S., where citizens’ right to bear arms is both a bedrock constitutional liberty and constant source of division. > Soon after, U.S. leaders on the left like California Sen. Dianne Feinstein called on Americans to follow New Zealand’s example and enact bans on military-style guns.