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For starters the front legs of a lamb are processed as shoulders so either your farming or butchering knowledge is well off the mark.

Having had a gun licence for over 30 years it has always baffled me as to why the actual firearms aren't registered, just the licence holders, so authorities have no way of knowing what amount of weaponry an individual has in their possession, if any. The firearms regulations were well overdue for an overhaul and the strong and caring leader we had in Jacinda did well to lead the charge in the action now being taken. It will make life safer for every NZer.

Like so many critics of the current government you have personalised your dissatisfaction towards Jacinda and chosen to personally attack her and her past life. It is misguided individuals with similar twisted opinions like yours that have forced the best, most caring, selfless and genuine Prime Minister this country has had in living memory to quit the job in favour of her and her family's personal wellbeing. Take a good long look at yourself and your misdirected whingings and realise that governance of our country will become truly draconian if Luxon, Seymour, (and Peters) gain leadership. You only have yourselves to blame.

The problem with individual firearm registration is the out and out cost of it. In a cost-benefit analysis it is pointless. Our process of vetting people to ensure they are fit and proper is great if it is done properly. The problem is that it isn't done properly. If a person is "fit and proper" it doesn't matter whether they have one gun or 20. Or more.

You really do have rose-tinted glasses when it comes to the PM. So often the smile seems to be a flash of bared teeth. Usually when it's about something that is going to cost us big time.

Sometimes decisions are made based on more than just expenditure. Bear in mind that in cases of domestic abuse the attending police currently have no way of ascertaining what sort of arsenal the offender may possess (assuming they're a firearms licencee) so either go in underprepared at great risk to themselves, or turn up with armed to the teeth 'just in case' which of course often doesn't end well for the offender.

Your dollar driven logic comes as no surprise based on your apparent support of National's approach. There are those of us though that saw Jacinda's political approach as caring, understanding of the less well off and mindful of the big picture in terms of health, welfare and social good. Sooner "rose tinted glasses" than blinkers.