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# Overreach of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/overreach-of-the-day/
- Published: 2026-08-09T18:30:38.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-09T18:30:37.000Z
- Description: You don’t have to agree with me and you don’t have to like what I said, but once we accept that authorities can punish a Kiwi for political speech they consider too confronting, every New Zealander should be concerned. Free speech isn’t free if you can be punished for using it.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> \[On Friday\], New Zealand Police issued me with a notice revoking my firearms licence. According to the Firearms Safety Authority, I will not be getting my firearms licence back.   
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> This follows the temporary suspension issued to me on 30 June and the subsequent submissions made by my lawyer opposing that suspension.   
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> The decision goes even further. I am now prohibited not only from possessing my own firearms, but from possessing or using a firearm even under the supervision of a licensed firearms holder.   
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> After holding a firearms licence for many years without issue, Police have now decided I am no longer a “fit and proper person”. And why?   
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> Four of the five matters relate to statements I made concerning the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. To recap…I was publicly challenging serious human-rights issues in India under Modi’s leadership, including reports of:   
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> \- Christians being killed and persecuted.  
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> \- Sexual violence and attacks against Christian women and girls.  
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> \- Churches being attacked and burned.  
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> \- Child marriage and the treatment of vulnerable children.   
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> \[...\]  
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> POLICE SAY THEY SUPPORT FREE SPEECH   
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> Inspector Glenn Nalder, who made the decision to revoke my licence, says his decision was made independently, impartially and in accordance with the Arms Act 1983\. \[...\]  
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> But then comes the paragraph that should concern every New Zealander who values free speech:   
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> “The Police position is that your words speak for themselves. Your speech appears prepared and considered, and your statements were calculated, direct, unequivocal, and repeated. This is not a situation where an off the cuff or spur of the moment remark or phrase escaped without proper forethought. You encouraged and promoted violence and significant property damage. You say you have no history of threatening violence or ‘causing social harm through such fears.’ Police disagree.”   
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> Think about what is being said here. My words are central to the decision.   
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> Not an allegation that I misused a firearm. Not an allegation that I threatened somebody with a firearm. Not a history of unsafe firearms handling.   
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> In fact, the decision itself acknowledges: “I have taken into account that you have held a firearms licence for many years and, until recent events, no question has been asked of your fitness to possess firearms.”   
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> Yet the verdict is: “On balance I am not satisfied you are fit and proper to possess firearms.” That contradiction deserves scrutiny.  
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> – [Brian Tamaki](https://x.com/BrianTamakiNZ/status/2085955185667608925?s=20&ref=goodoil.news)

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