Hon POTO WILLIAMS: The purpose of the buy-back was because the Government and the vast majority of New Zealanders recognise that there is no place in our communities for high-powered semi-automatic firearms. When it comes to dealing with the use of firearms by gangs and those who would do us harm, the Police launched their Operation Tauwhiro, which has taken 1,600 firearms off gang members, and since 2019, police have seized 10,000 firearms.