📋 Banning gang members from firearms licences
← All policiesPart of the same Arms Bill as "Easing firearms licensing and dealership rules" - this specific provision bans gang members from holding a firearms licence at all. The Ministry of Justice itself opposed it on the grounds that the National Gang List isn't well-maintained enough to use this way; the NZ Council for Civil Liberties opposed it on freedom-of-association grounds.
56% support in the most recent vote
How each party has stood on this policy over time. On a 🔄 Aye = against vote, whoever voted Aye is shown as opposing the policy, not supporting it. 🙋 Conscience vote rows show which way most of that party's MPs voted, plus what % voted Aye in the House.
| Vote | National | Labour | Green | ACT | NZ First | Te Pāti Māori |
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Arms Bill
✓ Passed
29 Jul 2026
· Third reading
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✓ Supports | ✕ Opposes | ✕ Opposes | ✓ Supports | ✓ Supports | ✕ Opposes |