ACT Justice Spokesman Patricia Schnauer today said politicians had today taken the easy option in voting to send the Arms Amendment Bill to Select Committee.

"ACT was the only party in Parliament that voted not to sent the Bill, that would see compulsory gun registration, to Select Committee because the measure does nothing to address the real causes of crime. Gun control is not crime control.

"ACT does not support gun registration because it is a costly, feel-good measure that will penalise law abiding New Zealanders and will do nothing to keep New Zealanders safe from criminals with guns.

"Law and Order is a key issue for New Zealanders. Gun registration will do nothing to keep New Zealanders safer on the streets or in their homes. What New Zealanders are calling for and Parliament is ignoring are measures that deal with the real causes of crime," said Patricia Schnauer.

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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>>