Thread: Protesting Confiscation Events

Originally Posted by ebf

@veitnamcam, still waiting for a direct answer Cam...
Pointing at ancient English laws and US laws does not quite cut it in terms of the NZ situation.
I'll even be very generous and include the NZ Bill of Rights Act 1990.
If someone can show me these rights in there, I guess I'll be asking Dundee for a large bottle of Watties

The NZ Bill of Rights 1990 does not abrogate any pre-existing right by failing to mention it. Because something is ancient, is it necessarily invalid?

"28 Other rights and freedoms not affected
An existing right or freedom shall not be held to be abrogated or restricted by reason only that the right or freedom is not included in this Bill of Rights or is included only in part."

The NZ bill of rights of course does not mention the right to self defense, just the underlying rights and freedom from being deprived of life and from being tortured etc. But again, the omission clearly does not imply abrogation as wisely stated by the lawmakers.