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Thoughts On The Second Tarrant Law

by Dieuwe de Boer · 23/10/2019 9pm
Is it possible to write a bill that's worse than the First Tarrant Law? Apparently it is. It all goes wrong in the preamble. Owning firearms is a right, and the wording that claims to the contrary cannot change that fact.
Opinion

"Henry VIII Clauses" In Arms Amendment Bill Give Jacinda Unilateral Power To Ban All Firearms

by Dieuwe de Boer · 04/04/2019 7pm
Graeme Edgeler, a Wellington barrister, has identified these as being "Henry VIII Clauses" and he objects to them because they can be used to turn citizens into criminals on an executive whim.
Opinion

Constructive Criticism On The New Firearms Legislation

by Dieuwe de Boer · 03/04/2019 1pm
I am providing feedback on the proposed Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Bill, or " Tarrant's Law" for short, in honour of it's chief sponsor.
Letter

Gun Control Is Stupid

by Leighton Pearson · 02/04/2019 8pm
The following letter was sent to the editor by a reader. If you would like to send us your thoughts on current events, please don't hesitate to email a short article to editor@rightminds.nz and we'll put it up if it meets some basic standards.
Opinion

Banning Semi-Autos Will Not Make New Zealand Safer, Part 2

by Tim Wikiriwhi · 22/03/2019 9pm
Why did the maniac choose to come to New Zealand to shoot peaceful Muslims instead of going to Syria and shooting real Islamic terrorists ? Because, though he maybe consumed with hatred, he is not insane.
Opinion

Banning Semi-Autos Will Not Make New Zealand Safer, Part 1

by Tim Wikiriwhi · 19/03/2019 8pm
As a Christian Libertarian New Zealander, my sincere condolences go out to the Muslim community in Christchurch and their greater families and friends. Their wounded in the hospitals are in my prayers.
Opinion

First They Came for My Guns, Then They Came for My Knives

by Dieuwe de Boer · 31/07/2017 9am
After the Northland shooting that left three dead and one more injured, the inevitable calls for more laws, more bans, more this and more that, we should all remember that it never stops. It's never enough. The UK is planning to ban home delivery of knives.