Thread: Overall length Saga continues

Refusing to measure the gun length without first detaching parts which require a tool to be attached/detached does not hold water.

You might equally arbitrarily unscrew and remove the entire stock off any hunting rifle. If it can be fired in that state, then measure its length from the back of the bolt to the end of the rifling!

Or consider Lee-Enfield two piece stocks. Is someone going to get out a really big screwdriver and land someone in trouble? After all, those CAN be fired without butt stock attached!



The police policy do not appear to act in good faith - more like, "Now, let's see, how much hassle can one cause citing exisiting legislation..." It's got plausible deniability -- just requires at least one member of NZ Police to act stubbornly stupid in court. But such sadly also reflects poorly on intelligent members of the police force.

As for folding stocks, the initial undertaking to measure guns with stock extended was ill-advised, but I of course agree it would have been useful for police to stick to one policy. But it seems safe and reasonable in terms of applying the law to measure a gun in its shortest configuration if it can be extended/shortened without use of a tool. Harping on otherwise may cause some loss of credibility.