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This weekend’s mass shootings in Texas and Ohio added two more tragedies to the United States’ long list of gun killings – which its government has long struggled to prevent.

The US is far from the only country to have suffered mass shootings. However, several other countries have taken far greater steps to change national gun laws following such incidents. Here’s a look at how other nations have responded.

New Zealand

Just weeks after the Christchurch mosque massacres in March, which left 50 dead, New Zealand’s parliament voted almost unanimously to ban military-style semi-automatic weapons.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was praised for acting swiftly, vowing to end access to the weapons just days after the shootings. She also announced a buyback scheme to compensate gun owners, which could cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

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