The Supreme Court's tossed out a Treaty challenge to the Government's gun law reform
The Supreme Court's tossed out a Treaty challenge to the Government's gun law reform
11 February 2020
The Kiwi Party argued the right to bear arms should be protected as taonga under the Treaty of Waitangi.
It also asked the court to forbid the Government acting on the law - until six months after the 2020 election, or until a referendum could be held.
But it was all thrown out by Justice Edwin Wylie.
He says it's alarming to claim taonga includes anything that could deliver a lethal force such as military-style semi-automatic firearms.
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