Hey P38
I feel for you in terms of a burglary as we have all experienced that ... but weapons stolen by unsavory people scares me ... I cant really fathom that at all.
When it comes to firearms ownership & usage in NZ ... it's too easy in my opinion. I have no agenda (I'm not a cop, bra burner, vegetarian or tree-hugger) when I say that. When it comes to an "open" forum like this where we openly communicate about our new bino's or next hunting trip or whatever - we are advertising too much to people we really don't know. Put it this way - my personal opinion is there are a very small number of people, active on THIS forum RIGHT NOW who's "intentions are not honorable" and we all need to be very wary. I know I joined with no vetting in any way and it was almost immediate ... good news is I DO give a shit and want to be a fab citizen; a responsible firearms owner and do what ever I can to "do the right thing" to make sure my son can teach his kids to hunt in 30 years time.
My question - how do you have an open forum where we discuss/debate stuff without it being abused by unsavory people who are probably reading this RIGHT NOW!?
The idea of "big brother" scares me ... but I would hand over personal information such as who I am, what my FAL# is AND ask someone to sponsor me as a decent chap (eg - my local gun retailer or the administrators of this Forum) so I could be a legitimate member of this forum.
Anyway - just a thought after hearing P38's sad news ... shit ... I sound like a conspiracy theorist ?!?@?#?$
Cheers PJ
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