Thread: new law and gun shop

Originally Posted by NIMROD

Its a bit like not going hunting because your worried about your car getting done over at the carpark...... The criminals have beaten you into submission.
If you don't buy that rifle you like because your worried about the registration being triggered...... The anti guns and anti hunting politicians have neaten you into submission.
If we hide in the shadows, then they wont know how united and strong we are politically.
Imagine if 250,000 firearms owners register ? then even the most brain dead politicians will wake up and take us seriously.
A new Govt wont help us unless they recognize our political potential.
My way of thinking anyway

Unfortunately firearms owners aren't united. We saw this loud and clear during the buyback with groups such as the NZDA jumping on the "black rifles bad" bandwagon. A few people with cooler heads called for unity at the time, but that didn't happen, and now instead of just taking the semis they've begun the process of taking bolt action rifles. The registry is a precursor to further restrictions and ultimately confiscations - just give it time.

How do you arrive at the conclusion that complying with a requirement forced upon us by law to register firearms will make politicians take us seriously? Very wishful thinking imo.
Simple fact is that the majority of the country doesn't shoot, doesn't understand firearms, and we are just a divided political minority that barely matters in the grand scheme of voter demographics.