Thursday 1st July 1999

Patricia Schnauer

ACT Justice Spokesman Patricia Schnauer today said that while Government was spending its time and taxpayers money putting in place a gun registration system, the real causes of crime would not be addressed.

"Gun control does not mean crime control. We have to get real about addressing the causes of crime. Gun registration will not mean that New Zealanders are safer on the streets or in their homes. Making sure New Zealanders are safe from criminals is the number one priority of any Government.

"ACT will not be supporting gun registration because it is simply a costly, feel-good measure that will do nothing to keep New Zealanders safe from criminals with guns.

"ACT wants the Government to get on with addressing the real causes of crime," said Patricia Schnauer.

ENDS

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>