Police plan to revoke the firearms licences of gang members to test new powers given to them under recent changes to the country's gun laws. Coster was unable to give a breakdown of how many of the 12 licences would be revoked. Police staff were still working out whether the dozen licence holders on the National Gang List were still gang members. "People who are discouraged from applying for their firearms licence are likely to obtain firearms on the black market." Police Commissioner Andrew Coster wants to test case law to revoke firearms licences of gang members.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 22, 2021 19:24 UTC