The police Minister on occasion has spoken words similarly, but today gives me and, I think, the firearms community reason for great pause, because I asked him about a report which comes from, I believe, a former member of police, that there may have been or believed to have been discrepancies against the standard procedure in how the Christchurch terrorist's firearms application was handled. The Minister, instead of addressing that with the seriousness it deserves, sought to blame the firearms community for making up a story. Well, that's deeply offensive to them, and it should be deeply offensive to members in this House. 