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New Zealand PM Ardern, Trump Discuss Gun Control in First Formal Meeting

Reuters

   WELLINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump "listened with interest" about
   New Zealand's gun reforms introduced after the mass shooting in
   Christchurch, the Pacific country's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said
   on Tuesday.

   New Zealand's moves on gun control have won global praise, especially
   in the United States, where lawmakers favoring gun control and
   activists have struggled to address firearms violence despite
   back-to-back mass shootings in Texas and Ohio last month.

   Ardern, 39, met Trump, 73, at the sidelines of the United Nations
   General Assembly in New York, in what was the first formal meeting
   between the two leaders.

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