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Question is whether NZ should set its standards for how it treats people from what people do overseas. Clearly csmiffy you feel the Aussies treat people like shit, so shall New Zealanders aspire to...

Not quite the same, though I get it that you have a point there.

Residents, non-citizens, can't stand for council or parliament. Not sure if they can serve in armed forces or police.

Residents...

You're acting a bit, shall we say, provincial, Steve123, but I take it you're just throwing in some thoughts.

You can do things with a British passport you can't with a NZ passport, and vice...

Ask: "Can it be fired in that state?" It MAY be an essential part of a firearm, and therefore restricted, and you are not allowed to have it unless you have a firearms license. But no-one measures...

You are at the cusp of it all. The 1983 pistol act specified the 762mm minimum length, that anything less-than that is a pistol.

But please indulge me...

You can readily make a very thin...

That link is to the transcript of the cross questioning of witnesses, a lot of pages and no judgment at the end.

This link is to the SHORT opinion by Nicholas Taylor, today 23 Nov 2018:
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It is a pre-case opinion, these things take a while to get to court, but point taken, some uncertainty there.

I see what you mean, "get creative" with what they have got. What they have is the law, and the ability to abuse their ability to arbitrarily apply it.

Here is a link to Nicholas Taylor's opinion...

Yes, but again, we must clearly distinguish between the LAW, and the COPS. The cops sometimes arbitrarily decide to make up charges against someone as in this case. What happened BTW with that...

At what temperature did you do the measurement? (-:

Ahem, res... methinks I hear ye ghostly echo of ryancairns and his "verily-no-firearm-that-copper-saith-so!" pinfire import saga.

Break-open guns are irrelevant, the key word is "break". It...

A gun which can shoot and is below 762mm length is a pistol. Waste of money and court time?