The Government's gang crackdown has failed to defuse the political grenade - instead igniting opposition from both sides of the spectrum.
Labour has come under enormous pressure to bring gang crime under control after a spate of shootings around Auckland in recent months.
It's unveiled a suite of new measures - tougher penalties for drive-by shootings - and more police powers to impound cars, seize cash, and search for weapons.
Neither National, nor the Greens are happy - but a gang expert and sociologist has given the plan a tentative thumbs up.
Here's deputy political editor Craig McCulloch.
