All in all, these changes mark real progress in rolling back some of the knee-jerk restrictions imposed after the Christchurch tragedy. But National’s lingering attachment to overly cautious policies shows it has not fully shaken off the influence of its predecessors.
Police will be stripped of looking after the Firearms Safety Authority, with a new independent agency replacing it. The controversial firearms registry remains, and eight new offences will be created.
He recorded the sales against other people’s firearms licences without their knowledge.
The registry doesn’t make New Zealanders safer – it just punishes the compliant while criminals laugh. National’s refusal to back a proper review, coupled with Mitchell’s blind faith in a discredited police narrative, betrays a coalition more interested in optics than outcomes.
McKee’s broader agenda, including her push for limited access to military-style semi-automatic firearms (MSSAs) under strict conditions, reflects her commitment to balancing public safety with the rights of responsible gun owners.
The new police commissioner wants to have police routinely armed. That would be very dangerous.
Who would name an organisation "KOCS"? The Labour Party, of course.
Police breach the privacy of a third party in an email to the author, revealing details of the location of restricted firearms.
Mark Mitchell is a G-man...that is going to be hard for Nicole McKee to get around.
Latest gun crime statistics show, unsurprisingly, that criminals are committing gun crime and not licensed firearms owners.
Bryce Edwards, and other lefty lickspittles with an axe to grind against the Government, keep on saying that Nicole McKee is in the thrall of the gun lobby. The only problem for them is that there isn’t such a thing.
Here is yet another example of why the much-vaunted gun register will fail.
This story from last weekend will show you precisely how the gun register will fail. It’s an eye opener into what is in effect a clown show.
1News continues to push the Police Association’s agenda against Nicole McKee. It is a farcical argument, but it seems it is growing legs as the police union boss comes under fire for his botched police pay negotiations.
The Police Association has never been the same since Greg O'Connor left for parliament and was replaced by Chris Cahill, who can best be described as a functional idiot.
