A gun buyback and amnesty program launched in the wake of mass shootings at two mosques in New Zealand in March ends Friday, with over 56,000 firearms collected, according to officials.New Zealand Police Minister Stuart Nash said in a statement Friday that roughly 31,600 people had taken part in the scheme, with the government paying almost NZ$100 million (about $66 million) in compensation for prohibited and unlawful firearms."There has been a last-minute surge in the past fortnight as people have come forward to do the right thing," he said, adding that almost 188,000 prohibited gun parts…READ FULL ARTICLE
