ACT invokes ‘agree to disagree’ clause over firearms registry review
The ACT Party has formally invoked its “agree to disagree” clause in its coalition agreement with National over the firearms registry.
ACT MP and Associate Minister of Justice (Firearms), Nicole McKee, said earlier this months she asked Cabinet to consider that the recent review of the firearms registry did not meet the commitment in ACT’s coalition agreement, and asked for a more thorough and independent review be conducted in the 2025/26 financial year.
She said those proposals were rejected by National.
McKee also said she sought Cabinet agreement to delay the upcoming “activating circumstance” that would apply to ammunition purchases from June 2025.
“There is currently no clear definition of ammunition in the legislation, creating confusion. Pushing back the date to December 2026 would have provided time to build public trust in the registry and ensure clarity in the law. This recommendation was also rejected,” said McKee.
She said the ACT-National coalition agreement includes a commitment to review the firearms registry to determine whether it is effectively improving public safety, and she said the review conducted fell short of that.
This is unbelievable!
The review, which she is refusing to release, was highly critical of her stance and had zero intention of allowing her to liberalise the rules to allow gun fetishists like her to be able to buy their favourite machine guns!
The Herald revealed last month that while the official findings of the review are yet to be released, multiple sources have said the review’s recommendations favour retaining the registry and having all firearms registered.
McKee at the time wouldn’t confirm or deny the findings in an interview with the Herald as it still needed to go through a Cabinet process.
However, in a statement on Sunday morning, McKee said that at a Cabinet meeting earlier this month, she asked ministers to consider whether the review “did not meet the commitment in Act’s coalition agreement”.
The review recommends retaining and expanding the gun register, which is the polar opposite of what McKee wants and so is now ignoring the review by claiming it doesn’t meet their standards?
This is a dangerous farce.
The Police Association has begged the Prime Minister to get McKee out of the gun registry oversight altogether because she’s such a gun extremist…
Police Association urges PM to strip gun reform portfolio off Nicole McKee
The Police Association wants responsibility for firearms reform taken off ACT Minister Nicole McKee, saying she’s a former gun lobbyist and has excluded police from consultation.
In an open letter to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, the police union’s president Chris Cahill raised serious concerns about the consultation process for the government’s firearms registry review.
…we are allowing public safety to be compromised by allowing gun extremists like McKee to dictate the review because she doesn’t like the results!
Who the hell is running the country? Chris Luxon on ACT?
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We know Luxon’s not running the country. We’ve known that from the beginning and as Winston’s tenure as deputy dawg finishes, ACT is getting even bolder in their takeover bids, their coups.
As for McKee, she knows nothing else. She’s a one trick pony so what use is she if they take gun stuff away from her. She’s got a fetish and that’s her life.
They are all weird. Who knew that guns and sexuality were so important to the average New Zealand MP?
I sure didn’t.
We are in dire need of some normal, well-balanced people in parliament instead of this cast of circus freaks.
If the so-called PM ignores advice from the Police Assn. because he’s scared of his new deputy, NZders are in a very dangerous position. The country is being run by gutter-snipes and crooks. We may as well be living in america, with the country run by the mafia.
No one is running the god damn country, this pretend govt is like a runaway train carrying nitro-glycerin hurtling down a steep incline with no driver, brakeman or conductor, just a bunch of mother fuckers pretending to be in control. It sure ain’t gonna end well folks!
As a Former resident of Aromoana who met David Grey i can remember standing on the side of the road Hitching out because i felt i had no future if i stayed. My Intuition was Spot on as some months later David Grey shot 13 people including Children with automatic weapons .if the coalition govt gives into Act desire to weakens full registration of All firearms and allow automatic weapons to become readily avaliable again they will have bllood on thier hands .The legislation needs to be strengthen ed not weakened To obtain fire arm licence one should have to have a full mental health check.It should be similar to Australian legislation that has prevented any massacres with Firearns in every state in Australia since Port Aurther in Tasmania . Peter Marra afraid to use my Real name
In Act what passes for mature discussion of political issues.
NICOLE I want bang bang! Must have bang bang! No have bang bang I scream and scream and scream until National let me have bang bang! They say no I sulk for days.
BROOKE Only Brooke woman with good job and lotsa money. Not give any money to poor bitches. Let them get money from men. Christopher give me or I no lick lollipop for you.
DAVID Treaty! Treaty! Treaty! all time Maori say treaty mean no can take away their stuff give my ATLAS friends. Christopher all talk ! National no help! I ask Trump colonise us.
McKee is a devious munter used by Act for vote herding purposes.
A Registry keeps track of at least some that own fire arms, one thing gun nuts do not like is accountability.
Nicole( massive conflict of interest) McKee needs to resign immediately.
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