We do not need a ban on gangs.
A good deal of what gangs do is illegal (thanks, in the main, to drug prohibition).
The police cannot control their criminal activities so their best response is to ban presently legal and overt activities - freedom of movement and association.
Police Association president Greg O'Connor wants Australian banning legislation copied here,
"We don't like coming second to Australia in anything, but if there was a Bledisloe Cup for anti-gang laws, they would clean up," Mr O'Connor said.
Gangs will always exist. They are a facet of the human impulse to group for mutual advantage. Prohibition provides some of them with a more than lucrative means of support (welfare provides them with a less than lucrative means). If we want rid of the resulting criminal gangs then we have to destroy their revenue source on both counts.
Ask yourself, are gangs selling home-brewed wine and beer? Why not?
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Well said Lindsay.
This is a classic act of political sabre rattling. Much ado about nothing.
Sadly the police would prefer harassing people to actually tackling crime. To be fair, our legal system tends to make crime fighting a demoralising business - not least as a consequence of seeking to forbid free trade between consenting adults.
Dave Christian
Nope. Of course we need a ban.
We need a ban on all organised, criminal and intimidating groups.
in order of damage done to the country:
1. Labour Party
2. Unions
3. Mongrel Mob.
4. Black Power
2. NZ First
All these groups should be banned.
Their members and associates should be banned
from participation in the political process.
The fact that the target was a member or associate of one of these groups should be an absolute defence to murder or assault charges.
For a police or security guard, the reasonable suspicion that the target is a member or an associate should be an absolute defence.
There are only 2000 gang members in NZ.
There are less than 10,000 Labourites.
And only a few hundred thousand unionists.
New Zealand does not need any of these people.
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