Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, John Prado,

standing in for Jason Palmer. Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events

shaping your world. A property tycoon in China is setting up a string of private museums

with 8 million objects, their commemorating daily life and attracting plenty of visitors.

They're also pushing the boundaries of what the party would like to be remembered and forgotten.

And then San Francisco, a town whose entrepreneurial culture has also spawned a relentless pursuit

of free stuff. We look at how to eat, sleep and be driven around in the Bay Area without

paying a cent.

But first, New Zealand has spent the weekend mourning 50 people who are killed when a white

supremacist gunman open fire at two mosques during Friday prayers. Dozens more are still

in a critical condition in hospital.

The cabinet tonight made in principle decisions around the reform of our gun laws.

Prime Minister Jacinda Adern spoke to journalists today after meeting with Cabinet to discuss

changing gun control laws.

This ultimately means that within 10 days of this horrific act of terrorism we will have

announced reforms which will, I believe, make our community safer.

Almost all weapons, about 94% of New Zealand's weapons aren't registered.

What are the white head reporting from New Zealand for the economist?

The mix of an outlier, almost anywhere in the western world, apart from the United States.

So it means that you can stockpile weapons.

Brenton Tarant had a license. He wasn't a prior offender. He wasn't on police watch list.

So he was able to get a gun license. And he owned semi-automatic weapons that he was able

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