And I did not even remotely suggest it would cause the collapse of their economy and/or government, I said it would be a huge issue. Are you familiar with the periodic rabbit problem in Australia?
Because any first world nation that enacts stronger gun control legislation is going to resonate with the US media.
Can you show me one first world nation post WW2 that since enacting tighter gun control has degenerated into total anarchy or the government has turned tyrannical and now their population has no freedoms? No voting, no free speech, no access to a free and fair trial.
And it seems that the new legislation will exempt two classes of firearms that are commonly used for hunting, pest control, stock management on farms, and duck shooting (and yes that last sentence is quoted directly from the below Daily Telegraph article that provides a very balanced look at the NZ legislation.