Thread: New gun, nowhere to test it..

Originally Posted by Steve123

Was it suppressed? Puhoi used to be a cool place. Has it turned into Lifestyle lawns now? I'm glad I moved south when I did.

We had a supressed 223, a supressed 308 and an un-supressed 308. Can get out to about 200m on the property, and the neighbours are fine with it. The man who took the time to come walking up the road looking for the noise was the one not impressed. It was also mentioned on the local Facebook page. Its close to town/church (it was a sunday morning) so I kinda understand. I did wonder if we were actually breaking the law?

Originally Posted by TimK

Well this thread was quite the read....did you ever find anywhere to shoot? Im in Auckland and have spoken to Waiuku Pistol Club. They told me there was a waiting list and that I had to have had my FAL for one year before they would consider me. It seems the Auckland Deer Stalkers and North Auckland Deer Stalkers are the only options until this new range opens next year.

Was this for pistol training as well as rifles and shotguns? Sounds like I was lucky I joined there when I did.

Originally Posted by Steve123

Was this for pistol training as well as rifles and shotguns? Sounds like I was lucky I joined there when I did.

This was just to join, I do want to do the pistol training. But it seems ill wait until next year.

Lol, this thread was just like the ones on American forums where folks get offended if you call them a silly billy.

Originally Posted by Tussock

Yep. And they would feel totally comfortable with that because they did not break "the rules" and can demand the moderators "rake people over the coals"

Actually if this was a moderated forum I would have culled them instantly for being involved in an argumen prior to making a contribution

Tussock YOU SILLY BILLY.....right where's me coals having trouble with getting the fire going

Need fire for more popcorn

Ummm, is there a law against being louder than church bells?

'near' is deliberately undefined as well. And nowhere does it say that the person you've annoyed/frightened/endangered needs to be the owner/occupier of whichever dwelling you were 'near' when such offence was caused.

It'd be a long shot, but if you were 'near' your own house, and a passer-by walked past (on the road - a public place) and was frightened, then the above conditions have been met. It will all boil down to how close you were, and if you had reasonable cause to be discharging the firearm.

Plenty of threads on here about people having run-ins with crazy/unreasonable/anti-gun neighbours while shooting on their own property. Cops get called, guns get confiscated in a guilty-until-proven-innocent kind of way.

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Another situation a few years ago. Wayyy out the back of coatsville, shooting a 22 and a shotgun on friends farmland. Armed police arrive after being called by neighbours. Sight a FAL and let us go on our way, no worries - turned out the closest neighbour was banned from owning Firearms.