Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
Articles
Latest reviews
Author list
Classifieds
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Chatting and General Stuff
Politics Of Hunting & Guns (NOT General Politics)
Go New Zealand!
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="kiwikid" data-source="post: 1687665" data-attributes="member: 56094"><p>Unfortunately the media article attached to this thread is very misleading.</p><p>Go and make yourself a coffee and I will try and explain what has happened here in New Zealand.</p><p>On the 15th of March an Australian who had legally obtained a NZ firearms licence from the NZ Police (there is a Royal Inquiry into whether this was done correctly) shot and killed 51 people and injured about 40 others. Our Government using an Order in Council banned all Military Style Semi Automatics (MSSA) rifles. This was not particularly democratic as interested parties were only given one day for written submissions and a further one day for oral submissions during which they heard from 24 submitters, half of which were anti gun. There are 250,000 licenced firearms uses in NZ. However it wasn't just the MSSAs that got caught up in this, it also included all semi auto and pump action shotguns that had any type of box magazine and tube mags of more than 5 shot capacity. Also caught in the drag net were the likes of Remington 742, BAR etc. If that wasn't enough they also banned any magazine, center fire or rim fire with a capacity greater than 10 rounds. This of course includes most lever action, pump action and some semi auto and bolt action tube feed 22 cal and some CF rifles.</p><p>The Police decided that they will have 248 buyback events at various venues around the country. Most shooters that are affected call it confiscation with compensation as they can't "buyback" something they never owned.</p><p>The reason I say the article is misleading is it was written on the 8th of July and yet the first "Event" didn't occur until the 13th of July. The last I heard around 2000 weapons had been turned in but experts in the firearms industry suggest 600,000 weapons may be involved. For anyone planning on coming to NZ hunting please be aware that your favorite BAR will not be allowed into the country.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kiwikid, post: 1687665, member: 56094"] Unfortunately the media article attached to this thread is very misleading. Go and make yourself a coffee and I will try and explain what has happened here in New Zealand. On the 15th of March an Australian who had legally obtained a NZ firearms licence from the NZ Police (there is a Royal Inquiry into whether this was done correctly) shot and killed 51 people and injured about 40 others. Our Government using an Order in Council banned all Military Style Semi Automatics (MSSA) rifles. This was not particularly democratic as interested parties were only given one day for written submissions and a further one day for oral submissions during which they heard from 24 submitters, half of which were anti gun. There are 250,000 licenced firearms uses in NZ. However it wasn't just the MSSAs that got caught up in this, it also included all semi auto and pump action shotguns that had any type of box magazine and tube mags of more than 5 shot capacity. Also caught in the drag net were the likes of Remington 742, BAR etc. If that wasn't enough they also banned any magazine, center fire or rim fire with a capacity greater than 10 rounds. This of course includes most lever action, pump action and some semi auto and bolt action tube feed 22 cal and some CF rifles. The Police decided that they will have 248 buyback events at various venues around the country. Most shooters that are affected call it confiscation with compensation as they can't "buyback" something they never owned. The reason I say the article is misleading is it was written on the 8th of July and yet the first "Event" didn't occur until the 13th of July. The last I heard around 2000 weapons had been turned in but experts in the firearms industry suggest 600,000 weapons may be involved. For anyone planning on coming to NZ hunting please be aware that your favorite BAR will not be allowed into the country. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Chatting and General Stuff
Politics Of Hunting & Guns (NOT General Politics)
Go New Zealand!
Top