16 Sep 2019

Government confident it can further tighten gun laws

From Morning Report, 8:18 am on 16 September 2019

Police minister Stuart Nash is confident the Government has the numbers to pass legislation to tighten gun laws. The National Party says it's not happy with the new legislation to further tighten gun laws, and will decide tomorrow [https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018713404/national-party-undecided-on-further-tightening-gun-laws if it will back it]. It's the second set of law changes in the aftermath of the mosque attack in Christchurch in March. National police spokesperson Brett Hudson says he still has concerns about the proposed laws, which his party will discuss at caucus tomorrow morning. Police Minister Stuart Nash speaks to Corin Dann.