Thread: Kiwis support stricter controls on gun owners

People temper and they change, certainly. Some don't. Some just get old (physically). But do they all suddenly commit crimes with firearms?

Nobody can predict what can happen with the human personality. We can monitor what happens but that in itself brings another intrusion to bear - i.e. should a person, because he has firearms, is automatically perceived as a threat and should receive increased scrutiny from the state?

Firearms owners are the most vetted people in New Zealand society. Given the amount of overzealous security inspections recently, not to mention the glaring inconsistencies in the interpretation of the law - that - combined with the low incidence of firearm crime in this country - I see no reason to suddenly grant increase powers of surveillance to those who are not suitably aware of the existing laws that they are attempting to administer.