New Zealanders turn in guns as PM Jacinda Arden promises tighter restrictions

New Zealand's prime minister vowed Monday to unveil gun law changes within a week and called on gun owners to surrender their firearms to police after last week's shooting rampage that left 50 people dead.

"Within 10 days of this horrific act of terrorism, we will have announced reforms, which I believe will make our community safer," Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.

Ardern promised a review into security agencies after the mosque shootings, the New Zealand Herald reported.

Gun City, a Christchurch gun shop, said Monday that it sold four guns to the accused shooter online since November 2017. “We detected nothing extraordinary about the license holder,” store owner David Tipple said. Two of the guns used were semiautomatic weapons that had been modified.

Monday, the man accused in the shooting, Brenton Tarrant, fired his lawyer and wants to represent himself at trial, the court-appointed lawyer said.

Richard Peters said the accused killer expressed no condolences or regret in the brief time they spent together.