Gun Bans Work?

In New Zealand they don’t have the equivalent of our Second Amendment. So after a major shooting a few years ago, they passed what was essentially a complete gun ban in their country. So NZ ought to be the safest place on Earth, right? WRONG! They still have armed police “until it is shown that is not necessary.” How the hell will they ever know when it is “not necessary” for their cops to be armed so they can defend themselves? Maybe they thought it “wasn’t necessary” the other day in Aukland, where two cops were shot during a “perfectly innocent traffic stop,” with one of them being killed, and the other wounded. Truth is, it will NEVER be “unnecessary” for their cops, or any cops, anywhere, to go unarmed. They found that out the hard way in France some years ago when unarmed cops had to hide behind their cars and watch while a couple of gunmen murdered eleven people for “publishing a picture of Muhammad.” Was that the end of unarmed cops in France? Probably not. Politicians are well known for ignoring obvious lessons while continuing policies that get people killed. Such policies in NZ are as useless as they are elsewhere. If gun bans worked, that NZ cop would still be alive. (TVNZ)