Was the gun buy-back a success? Unequivocally, no. How do we know it wasn’t a success? Because not a peep has been heard from politicians or Police about how they achieved stunning results through the buy-back. Chris Geddis has his own thoughts on the buy-back in the Hawkes Bay
Oh the irony! Imagine if the first person criminalised under the new act was a senior cop in possession of an illegal firearm. I bet he won’t get 5 years imprisonment that the law abiding LFOs are threatened with, especially with an in-house investigation. The officer allegedly assaulted his
The Dutch Government climate hypocrisy has come home to roost. Like our benevolent CoL they thought enshrining climate action in law was a good idea, but the Dutch have now found that politicians can be held accountable for failing to meet fantasy climate targets. The highest court in the Netherlands
Blain To the Rt Hon, The Hon and all other Addressees I am writing to you to express my concerns about the use of Orders in Council which, without notification, are criminalising law-abiding citizens, and is against the concept of natural Justice and the rule of Law. I write to
NZ First We’ve got some great news. Public submissions are open for Darroch Ball’s Protection for First Responders and Correction Officers Bill. The Bill proposes a mandatory minimum sentence of 6 months’ imprisonment for those who assault first responders and corrections officers, and passed its first reading in
Michael Dowling Chairman Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (on behalf of the Fair and Reasonable Campaign) Over the last few weeks, we’ve had dozens of enquiries about how to comply with the 20 December amnesty deadline for those caught up by delays in the Police processing applications for endorsements
Hobson’s Pledge Trust hobsonspledge.nz There are two pieces of legislation wending their way through Parliament designed to further entrench the crazy notion that the Treaty of Waitangi created an obligation on governments nearly 200 years later to treat anybody with a Maori ancestor in some kind of preferential
Nicole McKee Spokesperson Fair and Reasonable Campaign With only five days left, the firearms buyback is turning into a total omnishambles. Firearms buy-back collects only 28% of banned firearms Yesterday we exposed that despite all of the media attention and advertising campaign by the Police, the firearms buyback has failed.
Press release: NZ First Darroch Ball’s Protection for First Responders and Prison Officers Bill, which toughens penalties for assaults on first responders and corrections officers, passed its first reading in Parliament this week. Every year, thousands of police, ambulance and corrections officers are assaulted. And it’s increasing. In
I’m not a Catholic. I abhor paedophilia. I’m not particularly enamoured of George Pell. Yet, I can’t escape the uneasy feeling that the most egregious miscarriage of justice in Australia since the Chamberlains has been perpetrated in Pell’s case. What’s even more telling is that
Dr David Cumin Spokesperson Free Speech Coalition With the Prime Minister confirming that hate speech legislation will be put forward to Parliament before next year’s election, it is easy to feel pessimistic about the fight for free speech rights. But there are glimmers of hope in the political market.
Press release: ACT Party “The Finance and Expenditure Committee’s interim report on the Arms Legislation Bill is a small victory for common sense”, according to ACT Leader David Seymour. “While ACT continues to oppose the bill, the fact that the committee is now listening to firearms owners and proposing
Press release: ACT Party “Phil Twyford’s plan to allow the government to forcibly take private land for development instead of changing our urban planning rules for all New Zealanders will undermine property rights”, according to ACT Leader David Seymour. “The Urban Development Bill allows Kainga Ora to compulsorily acquire
Tobacco Law vs Cannabis Law: Part One Proposed NZ Cannabis law: * Under the proposed law you’ll be able to buy 14 grams of cannabis a day. * The proposed age for smoking cannabis is 20 years or older. * Smokeless edible cannabis products (such as gummy bears) will be legal. * **Unknown
Press release: NZ First Minister for Veterans Ron Mark has announced today the Coalition Government’s initial response to work completed by the independent statutory body, the Veterans’ Advisory Board. “When Professor Ron Paterson completed his review of the Veterans’ Support Act in 2018, he made a number of recommendations,
Many law-abiding gun owners were not too worried about phase one of the government’s law changes to ban semi-automatics. Even though they were knee jerk and ill-thought-out, with only token consultation with the licenced gun community, many thought that it was a one-off. The government had virtue signalled to
