The lie of home detention

[harm_less]

Another excellent home D decision:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/3...-detention

[Removed: Rule 2J]

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The gun used in this morning's incident was being used by a person who had no lawful right to be in possession of it due to his criminal convictions. The question then becomes where he gained possession of the weapon.

If firearms were actually registered, as they will be as the present legislation is implemented, then provenance of ownership of that weapon would become a simple exercise but for now gaining that proof is near impossible.

An illegally imported weapon will still not be registered.   

Like the buyback registering legal arms still won't solve the issue of illegal weapons in the hands of criminals.

I've held a firearm licence for about 30 years and it has always seemed that the non-registration of firearms is a major oversight in the system. Obviously there will always be those who fail to register their weapons, in the same way as there are those who refuse to gain their driver's licence but still drive.
No system is going to be a perfect solution to a system that has been broken for so long but the changes currently being implemented are a good start. It will however be a useful tool for police to gauge risk levels in many situations and allow them to confiscate weapons that remain outside the system as it evolves over time.

Your constant badgering of another member is becoming tedious to other members and must be particularly annoying to that member who seems to be living rent free in your head.