Thread: The media and how they describe firearms

They may have been modded to a backyard version of full auto (as opposed to select fire), so the Police description could be sort of close.

Anyway, the timing of this 'find' is sooooo convenient given NZP's plans on proposed changes to the Arms Act.

Originally Posted by Mauser308

I would say it's a good thing that they are finding them all in one hit. If they was a clever model of scum/crim, the stash would have been split to minimise loss and risk....

There's a possibility that this might not of been the complete stash these lowlifes possess

Originally Posted by gadgetman

M16 rather than AR15.

People like reporters dont know the difference between an M16, AR15, M4 or a M98. Well they might notice the difference of a M98 but it stretching things a bit. I'm surprised they didn't call them long range high powered sniper assault rifles or some such...If it was the media they would have if they could have...

I would doubt full auto unless modified by them afterwards. Look like normal e cat and possibly stolen A cat with stolen extras added afterwards.... They might be legitimately purchased with money earned from a job, but I doubt it...

Media definition of Sniper rifle is anything with a scope on it.
Long range is the same but with a suppressor attached.
Tactical is anything with a Torch fitted
High powered is anything that is not an air gun (usually)
Assault or military rifle is anything painted black or with a "handle"
Automatic can be applied to anything because they are "automatically dangerous"


They dont care if it is true as long as it sounds cool to the editor....

I bet some or all were stolen and swapped for meth and/ or some dodgy gang affiliate FAL holder sold or swapped some or all for cash or meth.

One of the retarded things about our license system is the issuing of FAL's to gang members and their families.

But at the same time there are probably hundreds of these caches around the country and yet we don't see P fueled shooting rampages.

None of these are Military issue models as far as I can see and unlikely to be full auto. Stolen e-cat and modified a-cat, for sure. NO M16s or issue AKMs/AK47. Another great excuse to try to end legal ownership in NZ.

Originally Posted by Mauser308

Biggest issue is we don't know what happened to a lot of interesting collections when the licensing systems changed over. There hasn't been any follow up with anything, that was how the Napier event unfolded (past-license holder now lasped and with no follow up to ensure that there was appropriate disposal of the collection).

There were many many SLR's sold off from the army for example - how many have changed hands recently and where are the rest? I'm not entirely sure what would be a better system for licensing firearms owners, I can't see how any system would prevent what's just happened simply because dodgy bastards don't follow the rules.

Next, we'll have a licensing system for kitchen knives (but never one for 1080 - only ever killed 3 people with that in NZ so it isn't a big enough issue in the media).

3 people have died from 1080 here ?

Well! That got a bite!