The spending of even more taxpayer money, this time in the form of an inquiry into the March 15 shooting starts next week.
Why?
A foreigner came legally into NZ, resided in Dunedin quietly (on what no one seems to know) and then went mad and shot a couple of groups of mainly foreigners.
The guns he used were legal.
His presence and travel were legal as well.
He was arrested, finally, by a couple of out-of-town cops while the locals hid well away from any action.
What questions can an inquiry answer?
Anyone who has had business with ChCh Police over the last 15 years knows they are lazy, incompetent, badly managed blowhards in the main. A finding of this will be no news.
Will it show how to prevent an occurrence? No.
A committed loner is almost impossible to detect or stop unless they draw attention to themself.
The mad Ocker didn't.
The inquiry terms of reference will prevent it considering the blatant police and Govt. led attack on freedom of thought and expression that followed the shooting.
As far as I can see this inquiry will just keep the March 15 incident on the front page, pushing more important information about the constant failures and fiscal vandalism by the current clowns largely out of sight.
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