Some useful statistics from Nicole McKee
Taken from the heavily left leaning survey just released:
Nicole's words:
“The firearms registry can only work if everyone complies, including gang members and criminals. There is no chance of this happening,” she said.
She pointed to the 1997 Thorpe report, which recommended a registry, but with this qualification: “Unless a compliance rate of not less than 90 per cent can be achieved, the benefits derived from registration would be significantly reduced.There is also the issue of guns with no serial number; in the year to June, only 394 out of 1213 firearms seized by police from non-licensed people had serial numbers. Of the 18 pistols with serial numbers, one was reported stolen and 13 were not registered."
“The firearms registry would not have stopped any of the latest firearm incidents,” McKee said.
“If we had confidence that it would have, we would support it, but the evidence shows us it won’t work.”
The National Party supports the registry but only if it is “worth the required investment, sufficiently protected owners’ private information and was effective in limiting illegal guns in the community”. "
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politi...LLYBXSUANT74Y/
Some useful statistics from Nicole McKee
I took part in the Horizon survey in question. For context, their polls historically lean quite left and urban. So the audience responding is unlikely to know or understand firearms much if at all.
The questions in the poll were designed with crafty wording to elicit the desired anti-gun response. I had to read everything twice to make sure I wasn’t replying no to a double negative, etc.
Personally I wouldn’t give any consideration to the result of any of their polls. I only participate to try provide some balance.
