Senior New Zealand security officials were forced to surrender and destroy inoperable pistols gifted to them by Kash Patel, a high-ranking Trump administration official, after it emerged the items were illegal to possess under the country’s strict firearms laws.
The gifts, described as revolvers inspired by toy Nerf guns and popular among amateur 3D-printed weapons hobbyists, were presented by Mr Patel, then FBI Director, to New Zealand’s police and spy chiefs, as well as two cabinet ministers, in July.
