I would like to comment on Rogers Rabbits' article in The Weekend Sun (March 22). I am so glad that, at last, someone stood up to bring us back to reality.

What happened in Christchurch is an absolute atrocity, and the whole of NZ has shown how they feel about what happened. It is also an act committed by a person with a serious insecurity problem.

I couldn't believe how quickly Jacinda Ardern acted to make changes to the firearms laws.

These are laws that have been contentious in the past, and the government did not really know how to get these passed without a backlash from the public.

Jacinda used the moment of weakness from the public to push through a law that Labour has always had a problem with.

I agree wholeheartedly with your article, and I am grateful that you had the nerve to place it in the wake of the 'Jacinda-mania” that is going around.

Jacinda went past her limits to ask for a countrywide call to Muslim prayer. I won't force my religion on anybody and don't expect the government to impose a prayer on me.

These actions show how socialistic the beliefs of this government are, and it is appreciated that someone like yourself can bring some balance to the conversation.

R Kriek, Tauranga (abridged).