Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: I do accept that at the moment the Police are under a lot of pressure when it comes to firearms licence renewals and new applications as well, and that is a result of the decisions that this Parliament has made to make it more difficult for people to get firearms licences and to have their licences renewed. We did that for some very, very good reasons, but we also have to get the balance right, and I acknowledge that at the moment the current delays that people are experiencing are not something that we should be willing to accept and that we should be striving to ensure that the delays are cleared as quickly as we can and that we get the system to one where licence applications and renewals are processed in a timely manner so that people don't experience those sorts of delays in the future.