The three-strikes law should be used against the police as once they have demonstrated three times their incompetence at managing gun records, they should lose the right to manage any future gun registers.
There have actually been way more than three examples of Police incompetence when it comes to keeping database information secure and keeping guns secure but I will focus instead on three of the most recent examples.
Strike one:
The editor of Right Minds and BFD writer Dieuwe de Boer and his young family were raided by armed police. The raid was allegedly based on information provided in good faith by Dieuwe as part of a public submission on changes to gun laws. If that is the case, then they broke the law by using that information against him.
The bunny gun they were looking for was not there as Dieuwe, being a law-abiding citizen, had got rid of it before the law that made it illegal was passed. We suspect he was targeted because he is a Christian Conservative who has written articles critical of the proposed new laws and also of how ineffective the buyback has been.
Strike Two:
A second raid was made on a family man. On this occasion, they appear to have failed to consult their own records before searching his home for 4 guns. It turns out that not only had he already handed the 4 guns in but also that he had been paid for them. Allegedly, all this information was already on the Police database so either they failed to check it before the raid or (even worse) their records are completely inaccurate.
Strike Three:
BFD commenter metalnwood comments that:
6 hours ago I had a call from police asking about some e cat firearms and what I was doing with them. I had already handed them in and was able to check my email from police and give him the date and serial numbers that were all contained in the email from police. So they were handed in and I had the money. Like the person that Seymour mentioned, I could have been that guy if police were looking to make a headline because they clearly cannot reliably track what people have handed in.
These three examples are very embarrassing for the police as well as Police Minister Stuart Nash who has now been ambushed twice in parliament with this sort of allegation. They prove that Nash’s faith in Police to manage a national gun register is misplaced and his continued defence of their incompetence is going to cost him his career.
Meanwhile, the rest of the law-abiding population are sitting in their homes wondering if they are going to be next. Obeying the law is clearly not enough when you have the Keystone cops on the case.
“Yes, I still think that the police are competent to manage a national gun register, why do you ask?”
BREAKING: The Raids Have Begun & I Was the First; All for a .22 Bunny Gun
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