New Zealand Needs Stricter Gun Control Laws
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Anchor Moy
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Re: New Zealand Needs Stricter Gun Control Laws
Yeah, lazy thinking on my part - Oz police carry guns and NZ don't, so must be more guns in Oz - 1+1=3Only police, bad guys, farmers and sports shooters have guns in Oz... and a few professional hunters.
And now, boils make you violent:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic ... d=11319849
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StroppyChops
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Re: New Zealand Needs Stricter Gun Control Laws
That must be uncomfortable.
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OrangeDragon
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Re: New Zealand Needs Stricter Gun Control Laws
wait... they made a single shot AK-47!? as in shoot, manually pull the bolt, then shoot again?Dr Anik wrote:Only semi auto/auto military assault rifles and handguns are required by law to be registered. As many of the Chinese AKs were single shot models, they were never registered. They and the semi auto are favoured here for deer hunting and were readily available 20 years ago.
Is NZ safe? ..well I feel very safe, and people don't need to carry guns to feel safe here, still I guess violence is on the rise everywhere. One thing that is difficult to ignore though is that for a country with the most relaxed gun laws in the western world we don't have an 'in your face' gun culture society.
Re: New Zealand Needs Stricter Gun Control Laws
No, I was wrong there, either semi or auto. The single shot norincos are bolt action using the 7.62x39 round but not AK variant. The Norinco AK variant( sks, and nhm) semis are popular here for hunting.
EDIT..in earlier post I stated "..4000 AK47 style assault rifles were floating around nz..'' but I could not find data, then found this...
Arms Amendment Act (1992) added military-style semi-automatic weapons (MSSAs) to the list of high-risk firearms which must now be individually registered. Despite this, a loophole in the Act has allowed 57% of the estimated 15,000 MSSAs in New Zealand to escape registration, and police acknowledge they have no way of knowing who owns them. ..and..
Only 4 per cent of weapons(total) must be registered with police
The more I read on this , the more incredulous I become. OD, you may find aspects of this an 'interesting' read.. http://www.academia.edu/2330762/The_Rig ... ew_Zealand
EDIT..in earlier post I stated "..4000 AK47 style assault rifles were floating around nz..'' but I could not find data, then found this...
Arms Amendment Act (1992) added military-style semi-automatic weapons (MSSAs) to the list of high-risk firearms which must now be individually registered. Despite this, a loophole in the Act has allowed 57% of the estimated 15,000 MSSAs in New Zealand to escape registration, and police acknowledge they have no way of knowing who owns them. ..and..
Only 4 per cent of weapons(total) must be registered with police
The more I read on this , the more incredulous I become. OD, you may find aspects of this an 'interesting' read.. http://www.academia.edu/2330762/The_Rig ... ew_Zealand
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