Just checked & I can finally get back on the board – have missed being able to get on here.
Hey, I know there’s only a few minutes left before submissions are due on the new gun bill but it contains a horrible clause:
74A Order in Council relating to definitions of prohibited firearm, prohibited magazine, and prohibited ammunition
The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister,—
(a) amend or replace the description in section 2A of a semi-automatic firearm (except a pistol) or pump action shotgun that is a prohibited firearm:
(b) amend or replace the description in section 2B of a magazine that is a prohibited magazine:
(c) declare any semi-automatic firearm (except a pistol) or pump-action shotgun of a stated name or description to be a prohibited firearm for the purposes of this Act:
(d) declare any magazine of a stated name or description to be a prohibited magazine for the purposes of this Act:
(e) declare any ammunition to be prohibited ammunition for the purposes of this Act.
Orders in Council are done by the Executive Council and don’t follow our normal submission process
https://dpmc.govt.nz/our-business-units/cabinet-office/executive-council
My reading of this is that the government can make a lot of guns illegal without any public consultation at all. Just whip up an order in council and presto it’s done (which is what Cindy did back in December to loosen the vetting process anyway)
If you’re in NZ & you see this before 6pm then please make a submission against this clause at least.