I also take this opportunity to thank the firearms community, especially the entities that make up the Council of Licenced Firearms Owners: 12 of New Zealand's biggest sporting and representative organisations that make up the council known as COLFO—the bodies that provide Olympic, Commonwealth Games, and world championship competitors—the largest NGO representing licensed firearm owners in New Zealand. You have persevered for a rational approach to firearms legislation wanting to be part of the solution. You have never been the problem, despite such accusations by the police, the Government, and the media. You held strong in your approach through the adversity of not having any meaningful involvement in the legislative process. You represented on behalf of so many affected by the rushed legislative changes and kept calm despite the bias—rational, thoughtful thinkers who I have been lucky to work with over the years.