Thread: 96 Guns seized

https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/29/i...6-guns-seized/

Great stuff. I will look forward to the police being able to trace the pistols to see if they were stolen or not.

A lot looked like plain average rifles and shotguns - but I guess they were illegally owned?

But no MSSA that I saw (or did I not look properly)

Originally Posted by Finnwolf

A lot looked like plain average rifles and shotguns - but I guess they were illegally owned?

But no MSSA that I saw (or did I not look properly)

You are assuming that the photos attached to the article are related. Often not the case with the media

Originally Posted by Gibo

You are assuming that the photos attached to the article are related. Often not the case with the media

let alone the police being truthful about real 9mm's or air pistols

Finally. Good on the Police for doing what I expect them to do ………… all the time.

The only pistol that appears to be real is the .22 Glock style in the lower photo. The other two appear to be gas or soft air. The photos were credited as being of the seized guns.

Any guns off the street and out of criminal hands is a good thing, but I still can't see why this sort of event generates such headlines. It really just seems like it's a case of 'well done - you did your job' and surely that's what everyone would expect?

You don't see headlines every time a garbage truck empties 100,000 bins or a sharemilker pulls 10,000 teats - I dunno, maybe I'm not getting the point here!

Originally Posted by gundoc

The only pistol that appears to be real is the .22 Glock style in the lower photo. The other two appear to be gas or soft air. The photos were credited as being of the seized guns.

KWC SP2022 BB pistol, Police have forced the slide back!
Grizzly 9mmRK blank revolver
A 3d printed .22LR pistol, magazine and suppressor.

I can't help but think how trustworthy the police are anyway https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/30/p...-investigated/

I first saw the story in the Guardian, and had a hmmm moment when I saw the first photo. Top "gun" looks like a toy to me.

https://www.theguardian.com/australi...apon-crackdown

Wonder what led to them being under investgation, or were they not registered yet? Unusual that drugs werent found as well, usually goes hand in hand.

Originally Posted by No.3

Any guns off the street and out of criminal hands is a good thing, but I still can't see why this sort of event generates such headlines. It really just seems like it's a case of 'well done - you did your job' and surely that's what everyone would expect?

You don't see headlines every time a garbage truck empties 100,000 bins or a sharemilker pulls 10,000 teats - I dunno, maybe I'm not getting the point here!

The cynic in me thinks that the point is propaganda and trying to influence "hearts and minds" with Joe and Jane Public - "see how well this register thing is working - the Police are making communities safer. Yay, us! (P.s. Don't believe those gun nuts.)"

Well I for one aren't going to bag the Police for doing their job, in all its complexity and forms.
If they weren't, THEN I'd be be up in arms about it.

Hot barrels..... NIMROD

Originally Posted by NIMROD

Well I for one aren't going to bag the Police for doing their job, in all its complexity and forms.
If they weren't, THEN I'd be be up in arms about it.

Hot barrels..... NIMROD

So have you been up in arms for all the times they have not done their job historically?

Or when they have overstepped their role?