New Zealand Gang Refuses To Give Up Their Guns

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Lynne Sladky

We’ve often countered arguments in favor of gun bans by pointing out that criminals aren’t going to give up their guns. This is often laughed at by anti-gunners, either that or they argue it’s irrelevant for some ridiculous reason.

Now, with New Zealand on the cusp of banning certain firearms, the nation’s most notorious gang has vowed not to give up their guns.

The Mongrel Mob gang, which is one of New Zealand’s most notorious, won favorable headlines when it said it would protect mosques after the attacks and pledged solidarity with the country’s Muslim community.

But Sonny Fatu, who heads the gang’s Waikato branch based in North Island, said members who had illegal guns should be trusted to not harm members of the public.

“Will gangs get rid of their weapons? No. Because of who we are, we can’t guarantee our own safety,” he told the news site Stuff.

“It’s not in our culture to inflict harm on innocent people like what happened in Christchurch,” Fatu said.

“The attacks between our organizations are gang-on-gang, they do not involve the non-gang members.

“Although there may be peripheral damage and violence that occasionally spills out into the public eye, it is absolutely and …Read the Rest

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