Thread: The anti gun lobby

Originally Posted by Banana

The Arms Code is the Police's interpretation of the Arms Act, the Code itself has no legal standing. Privilege, implies that the police/government own our freedom and are fully entitled to restrict it for whatever reason they feel. People viewing firearm ownership as a privilege that we should be grateful for, is why we will get screwed each time the police want to enact more pointless gun laws.

Fair enough, Are you insinuating firearm ownership is some right then?
Firearm ownership is a privilege exercised by being appropriately licenced.
You have to have one to get the other. Any one is 'free' to apply for a licence, thankfully there are measures to determine their suitability.
NZ has a good balance.