(20-01-2023, 10:14 AM)harm_less Wrote:(20-01-2023, 10:04 AM)SueDonim Wrote: 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.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.
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.
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.
If a licensee has gone off the rails, how much "aresenal" they have is irrelevant. They can only present one firearm at a time. In the case of a domestic abuse situation, if the "Fit and Proper" aspect were applied properly the problem would be less likely anyway. What does happen is that a bitter spouse only has to sow the seed of doubt to have the police swoop in and confiscate a person's private property. Understandable on one level, but the owner of the firearms can lose thousands of dollars worth of assets on a lie.
My dollar logic simply comes from having paid taxes all my life I expect to see them spent prudently where they will do the most good, not on nonsense. They should benefit society, not disrupt people's freedom for no reason.