Thread: NZ Police Press release

Yes lets all blame an inanimate object, surely its not the parent fault leaving the kid unsupervised with an air rifle.

Originally Posted by FletchNZ

Yes lets all blame an inanimate object, surely its not the parent fault leaving the kid unsupervised with an air rifle.

The kid should have better (i.e. have been taught by his parents) not to point rifles at people.

Originally Posted by Ryan

The kid should have known better (i.e. have been taught by his parents) not to point rifles at people.

I'm drilling that into my 4yr/old nephews mind. Instead of cops and robbers its bird hunting with uncle Toby and we walk around and he shoots birds instead(plastic gun)

Not rally sure how much parental supervision is going to help with the teens and adults using replica firearms to commit armed robbery...

They'd probably better with some supervision of the Dept of Corrections type.

Here's another take on blaming an inanimated object. Back in 1962 at 5 years of age, my parents had deemed that I was perfectly capable of handling my Gecado mod 22 pellet gun. Whilst they stood 5 metres away and discussed whatever it was adults spoke of in 1962, I pulled the trigger on a slug aimed exactly between my big and next toe. The doctor deemed the pellet too complex to remove. It remains there to this day, 52 years on. The inanimated object( being a Gecado model 22 ) was never considered the cause by my parents. This remains with me hence. The Accidental Discharge was my mistake. Lesson learnt.

Parental supervision is false 'security' in the times we live in and shouldn't be considered fail safe, in my opinion. EBF is right, no good will come from parental supervision, be it with a hammer, replica butter knife or slug gun. It's all just between the ears unfortunately.

Oh, bugger...I worked at being a prison officer too. Supervision from that angle won't work either. Try it.

Originally Posted by misfire

Parental supervision is false 'security' in the times we live in and shouldn't be considered fail safe, in my opinion. EBF is right, no good will come from parental supervision, be it with a hammer, replica butter knife or slug gun. It's all just between the ears unfortunately

Misfire, I think you may have misread or misunderstood my post. It was a bit of sarcasm, pointing out the folks using replica firearms to commit crime are mostly teens or adults, not really under parental supervision anymore

I'm all for responsible parents teaching youngsters how to use real firearms in a controlled environment. I'd much rather a kid be taught to respect a real firearm than be given a toy or replica, and run around unsupervised, pointing it at everything and everybody.

Hope that makes more sense

The NZ Police pamphlet can be downloaded here: Nzp Mssa Pamphlet 3 Panel 3.12.13b

Hope no one out there with only a A-cat has a semi auto shotgun with a mag extension to get more than 7 cartridges in! I need a E cat for my goose gun!!!

I was basicly unsupervised with an air rifle from 6years old,packet of 500 pellets every week and to this day haven't held up a dairy or service station.