Thread: Air Rifle Kills Teenager

Originally Posted by 300winmag

So how do the people at the Easter show get on?
I guess you are all breaking the law???

Friggin' Carnies.... most of them would'nt fit a normal persons definition of "Fit and Proper". Typically though, their galleries are set up in such a way that they have pellet traps and the muzzles are usually tethered to restrict movement to within the "cone" unless you're pretty determined. The punter is probably deemed to be under the supervision of the Carnie who may have some sort of license. There might even be something in the Act that covers Carnie galleries.

I can remember shooting .22 shorts with a winchester gallery gun in Tauranga at a show back in the early 70's. They had a 25 foot long tin tube that tapered from the shooters end to the target and had a block of wood as a trap. The muzzle was tethered so you could not withdraw the winnie from the tube. The Carnie reached in to load it. Kids used to hang out down the other end and quickly stick their hands in and out of the gap between the target and the trap, sort of dumb-arse version of chicken... Crazy stuff.

Ray.

Just found this, suggests Carnies must comply with local govt by-laws regarding gallery setup, use, safety etc...
http://stratford.govt.nz/listingitem...wsChapter8.pdf