Three strikes has sent a strong signal about keeping New Zealanders safe from recidivist offending. The Labour Government, however—they've sent a message that the offenders are more important than the victims and that society should sit back and let this sort of crime happen to them. And they wonder why police aren't getting reports of all the gun crime that's actually happening in South Auckland, as an example—apathy, they say. ACT says it's community knowledge that the police and the Government won't actually do anything about it, so why should the community fear retribution for speaking out.