As gang crime escalates and the gang war in Auckland sees almost a shooting a day, we can wonder no more as to why this is happening. It is Labour’s soft on crime law and order policies which have seen the number of hardened gang members in prison drop
Nicole McKee ACT Justice spokesperson While gangs continue to run amuck endangering everyday Kiwis all across New Zealand, the Government is focused on repealing deterrents instead of cracking down on gangs. Just last night an innocent construction worker’s home was shot up by Killer Beez in Auckland, while two
The more we learn about the two recent mass shootings that have grabbed so much attention in America, the more awkward questions are raised. For instance, why did no-one sound the alarm about a teenager who was posting online pictures of themselves butchering a cat, and asking family members to
A few days ago, I asked, Did Cops Stand By at Uvalde? At the time, information was limited, but it was already apparent from bystander video that police milled around at a safe distance from the school while the gunman murdered dozens of children at his leisure. In the days
Five years after calling for greater powers to seize guns, Police are being hamstrung in their efforts to combat gangs because of Labour’s inaction, National’s Police spokesperson Mark Mitchell says. “Police Minister Poto Williams needs to front up and say when Firearm Prohibition Orders will be in place.
Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand Inc. www.sportingshooters.nz Speaking on the AM show yesterday morning Police Commissioner Andrew Coster once again made the assertion that criminal gang members obtain their guns from licensed firearm owners through burglary or diversion. He failed to mention firearms smuggled into New Zealand
I think we’re watching Andrew Coster slowly abandon his woke policing style. He revealed this morning that he’s now reviewing the police pursuit policy. Because these kids are ram-raiding then running away from the cops and the cops aren’t allowed to chase them. […] I think the turning
Peter Squires University of Brighton Peter Squires began working at the University of Brighton in 1986. He graduated in Sociology & Social Policy from the University of Bristol and his PhD. titled, Studies in the Criminalisation of Poverty, was completed there in 1985. In the wake of the most recent
Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand Inc. Following the latest horrendous Texas school shooting our Prime Minister is receiving accolades while visiting the US for her decisive action to ban semi-automatics following our own March 2019 Christchurch massacre. Meanwhile back here in New Zealand our Police Minister Hon Poto Williams
Nicole McKee ACT Justice spokesperson The Government’s firearms register won’t prevent gun crime and will cost Kiwis to create it. It was revealed this morning that an Australian software firm being investigated by the Commerce Commission has won a five-year contract to set up the register. Gun crime
I had planned on avoiding writing about the Uvalde school shooting entirely. At this point, let’s face it, nobody’s going to change their mind either way, so why bother? But a new detail has emerged about the mass murder which almost beggars belief. Almost – because we’ve seen
Dan Sanchez fee.org Dan Sanchez is the director of content at the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) and the editor-in-chief of FEE.org. It’s hard to know what to say in the wake of a heart-rending tragedy like Tuesday’s massacre in Uvalde, Texas. It would be easy
The latest US mass shooting in a school left 19 students and two teachers dead and provided an excellent opportunity for Jacinda Ardern to stamp her mark on yet another tragedy by appearing on US television to garner sympathy for her ineffective gun control laws. “New Zealand’s prime minister
Nicole McKee ACT Justice spokesperson A gang fuelled crime wave in Auckland that’s seen five drive by shootings over the weekend and a further seven at homes in South Auckland overnight shows we need urgent action on gangs. Once upon a time gangs had an unspoken rule where they
In the last few weeks, there have been three mass shootings, and just six months ago a vehicular attack, in which the attackers were openly motivated by racial animus. Many people died in all but one of the attacks (and that was purely due to serendipitous incompetence on the attacker’
