Photo: Getty ImagesThere is a legal saying that hard cases make bad law. This is as hard a case as it gets - but is one from which bad law should not ensue. Although its title suggests varmints sweeping over the Manawatu prairies stealing steers and cowboys valiantly giving chase, the reality is that livestock theft costs farmers about $120 million annually. Haste also makes bad laws, and the new gun laws will proceed under urgency. These are laws in which no loopholes, unneccessarily broad classes, unintended exceptions or inequities should exist.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 22, 2019 15:22 UTC