The Government will make it illegal for "high-risk people" including gang members and criminals to own firearms. The Government will make it illegal for "high-risk people" including gang members and criminals to own firearms. The Government will make it illegal for "high-risk people" including gang members and serious criminals to own firearms. The moves come a few months after Police launched Operation Tauwhiro, an effort to target firearms and organised crime. "This new organised crime power will help prevent those involved in organised crime from benefiting from crime and remove the primary reason for organised crime to exist – the profits they can make from vulnerable New Zealanders.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 10, 2021 20:14 UTC