Stuart Nash is fast gaining enough screw-up points to enable him to join Clare Curran and Phil Twyford in the Screw Up Club.
This is what happens when you listen to officials and don’t consult experts.
Nash has been told multiple times that the governments gun buyback plans won’t work. When they find thousands of shitty .22 rifles handed back but hardly any ARs and AKs like what was intended, then he and Jacinda will have some ’splaining to do.
Offering $250 for shitty old .22s is money for old rope.
A firearms dealer who was part of the expert group that gave advice on the Government’s gun buyback scheme says the group’s input was largely ignored.
John Herbert, who owns the online store New Zealand Repeating Arms, said the pricing scheme is a “complete joke” in some cases – and disrespectful of the expert group’s advice.A Newspaper
He said the group had only five hours to look at the price list, and was not consulted again.
“Like the whole process so far, there’s been no due diligence done because the Government is in such a hurry […]
I can’t wait till the story about the screw up with the banned magazines comes out.