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Learning from New Zealand

New Zealand is a sliver compared to the United States in land mass. It is not a military superpower or an economic hegemon.

And yet by another measure -- let's call it political maturity -- New Zealand has left the United States in the dust.

A mere six days after a gruesome terrorist attack that slaughtered 50 people as they gathered at two mosques for Friday prayers, New Zealand responded by banning the military-style semi-automatic guns

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