Thread: NZ Police Press release

ebf you are correct with your math and what a sad reflection that is on the change in our society over my life time. In my youth (50's& 60's) there was a rifle (generally a shotgun .22 or 303 in every master bedroom wardrobe that I knew. My father's, uncles, grandfathers, neighbours and friends. Children were familiar with firearms, learned about their practical use (providing food for the. Family table) and used them (in my case shooting rabbits and rats). As a representative percentage of the population it surely had to be far greater than the current 5%. The thing that concerns me the most about the (clear to me) decline is that 95 in every 100 people I meet have little or no experience of the place that firearms have in our history as a nation and our cultural background / way of life as a people.

I may be alone in this concern but in a future over populated world where clean water becomes a highly sort after resource that wars will likely be waged over, it worries me that New Zealand society may have completely lost the ability to bear arms in defence of its resources.

Originally Posted by Rushy

I may be alone in this concern but in a future over populated world where clean water becomes a highly sort after resource that wars will likely be waged over, it worries me that New Zealand society may have completely lost the ability to bear arms in defence of its resources.

Sounding like spawn of Jane Fonda and Genghis Khan there Rushy, but I hear ya

Originally Posted by ebf

Sounding like spawn of Jane Fonda and Genghis Khan there Rushy, but I hear ya

I have sat to the right of Ghengis Khan for most of my life but suckling at the breast of Jane Fonda is a new and novel thought.

Originally Posted by Rushy

I have sat to the right of Ghengis Khan for most of my life but suckling at the breast of Jane Fonda is a new and novel thought.

Oh you lucky bastard Jane Fonda's tit OMG that'd be an all day job!

Originally Posted by Rushy

ebf you are correct with your math. 8><-----

The thing that concerns me the most about the (clear to me) decline is that 95 in every 100 people I meet have little or no experience of the place that firearms have in our history as a nation and our cultural background / way of life as a people.

I may be alone in this concern but in a future over populated world where clean water becomes a highly sort after resource that wars will likely be waged over, it worries me that New Zealand society may have completely lost the ability to bear arms in defence of its resources.

Yep, I get the distinct impression these days that abundant fossil fuel/energy has seen most ppl disconnect from the reality of producing same. Passing Peak oil in 2006 was a non-event, denying we wont have shortages of fuel, food and water while we breed like rabbits is dis-connected, that means we face pest control (wars).

So yeah, water comes out of a tap, power out of a socket and food off a shelf. No concern, just what's the latest iphone and app and what desktop piccy looks cool. Me Im pissed that my 2005 phone fell apart, now I have a "smart phone" the features of which I dont use and the f***king battery now lasts 3 days and not 7~8. Meanwhile I stand on the range at Trentham and look at real scenery around me and think how lucky I am to be out enjoying it.

Yip. I for one hear what you say Steven. Enjoy NZ implicitly before it's entirely foreign owned and even more over populated. One just needs to travel a little of the world to see what the rabbit breeding has procured.