Indeed, on 7 February, Clayton Mitchell, who is the New Zealand First spokesperson for sport and recreation and has been attending select committee hearings on this bill, tweeted and said, "NZ First looks forward to continuing to work constructively with Minister Nash over the Arms Legislation, to get the optimal balance between legal gun use and compliance, as well as restating our Party's views that police should be targeting criminals not law abiding gun owners." Mr Clayton Mitchell MP has been firm and resolute in that and has been supported by the caucus as a whole. Those things have not changed. The New Zealand First caucus have always said that they'll work constructively towards sensible legislation that is pragmatic, that achieves the purpose of the bill, improving safety, is fair, and is reasonable.