In the days following this massacre the residents of Christchurch will need to accept increased numbers of police patrols by officers armed with assault weapons of the same kind that are to be permanently banned from legal possession by registered, trained and licensed 'Fit And Proper' sporting shooters.
I trust that these brave officers are themselves at least as well trained and qualified by endorsed firearms license as those sporting gun owners who are now made into criminals by an Order in Chambers..
Police Commissioner Mike Bush commenting on the raised level of armed security alertness says that this increase in use of now banned MSSAs throughout New Zealand will not be for ever.
Bearing in mind at all times that Police are subject to the SAME laws regarding the use of firearms and the use of force for self-defense as all of us - is there one word that covers this sad development?
HYPOCRISY :
a situation in which someone pretends to believe something that they do not really believe, or that is the opposite of what they do or say at another time:
I truly and fully sympathize with our fine Prime Minister's need to be seen to take action and to strengthen firearms law - But full and careful consultation with expert knowledgeable firearms users must be conducted.
Marty K.
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