Gregory Luke Larkin. Photo / Supplied
A visiting American professor says the latest mass shooting should give New Zealanders confidence they have got gun laws right.
Gregory Luke Larkin, a world-renowned expert in injury prevention from Connecticut's Yale University, who has treated gunshot victims in his home town, said: "In the wake of this latest tragedy
in an American school, I must register my shame as an ex-patriot American."
Larkin, the Lion's Chair and Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Auckland as well as a keen hunter, said he hoped the latest tragedy would spark gun law reform in the United States.
"I would like to congratulate New Zealand policymakers and citizens who can be proud of learning the hard won lessons from Aramoana.
"America, however, stands proud in her resolve to avoid the facts, ignoring both logic and hard data. While many people can handle guns safely, the few who cannot must give us pause.
