Thread: NZ Police Press release

Originally Posted by misfire

This is the beginning of the end.

Sounds outraged to me

Originally Posted by misfire

We all had toy cap guns as kids and it never turned any of us 60's kids into raving bloody lunatics with a gun.

Like it or not, we are no longer living in that era, times have changed... Back in the day you could get onto an airliner with a pistol tucked in your belt, and light up a smoke

Originally Posted by misfire

If we don't voice a logical opinion each time the law is changed with regard firearms, eventually we will be denied ownership completely and wonder why it all happened.

I'd rather see informed comment about specific sections of new legislation. Some of it is good, some of it is bad. A knee-jerk negative reaction against ANY firearms legislation just does not make any sense to me. If I undferstand your last post correctly (the bit about replica restrictions), you and I are probably on the same page as far as that particular part of the law is concerned.

The reality is that laws (in very general terms) reflect the likes and dislikes of the majority of the population. The numbers mentioned in that press release tell the REAL story. 240K license holders = 5% of population.

14K endorsement holders = 6% of license holders, or 0.003% of population.