https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=12217211
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That is unbelievable.
No doubt the kind of guy who says "she'll be right, we'll get away with it" to everything.
Fukn idiot, it's like a guy I seen in H&F that brought his rifle in to be looked at, the rifle still had the bolt in it, hands it to the staff member, staff member opens the bolt and it ejects a live round ffs. How the fuck do these people get a FAL in the first place? Fuk they make my brain hurt.
That fucktard in Hunting and bitching should have had his rifle bent around a tree.
As for the guy at the airport, maybe some Dorklander off for the roar ?
Never mind it was fake news: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/111...hecked-baggage
Have seen similar crap over the years. What I would like to see is a 'Practical Firearms Handling' component to licencing and licence renewal. Last time I was re-newed I asked 'now do you want to run me through some basic firearms handling to make sure I'm not a Muppet' -"No I haven't had any firearms training from the police - what part does the bullet come out of" ? WTF
Like I said in the post about the cable bay range goat shootings. Not sure how to link to it?
Awesome own goal there for legal firearms owners!
We all need to step up and these people need outing, if we witness these things they need reporting to the police so these people lose their licence.
"However, the Civil Aviation Authority said the firearm was being transported lawfully."
Meh
Yet another sign of the times guess. People in general are going to be high alert , and will react with caution/outrage etc at every little thing that could possibly be deemed a threat.
Saw it growing up in the UK during the days of the IRA campaign. You couldnt put your shopping down for 5 minutes without someone crying "bomb alert"
Fake News.
People will only remember the fake part.
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Need to change the thread title to "Who is the retard journalist that can't write a factually correct article"
Unfortunately the resulting long list of journalists names would crash the whole site...
Can admin re title the thread it appears the rules may have been followed properly.
Read both stuff and herald and my take is the passenger followed process.
Hope he sues The airline, if it was an employer at fault he’d get 50k!
Oh.no. a person had a rifle in their checked luggage. Bad person!
haha to put some of my cards on the table, I'm an ex Dorklander myself :)
Turns out it looks like the airline being a bunch of twats. As if the baggage guys didn't know it was a rifle. Sounds like the airline wanting to get into some sympathetic noises by being overly "cautious" You might remember Air New Zealand tried to gouge people going to ChCh after the incident. Put their prices through the roof since they knew loads of people all wanted to get to Christchurch. No doubt they are trying to regain a bit of public support since they have shown themselves to be dirty money grubbing bastards.
Some of you people should read the article properly.The firearm was being transported legally as checked baggage, just as you're meant to.
I had a cop bring his .308 Norma Magnum into the shop for a trigger job. You guessed it! Fully loaded mag and one up the spout, safety off! He hadn't used for a few weeks before he brought it in. Needless to say, I gave him a good reaming over it.
@woods223 The original article was about someone trying to board the plane with a rifle as a carry-on.
It was bullshit, and the article has since been totally rewritten.
@Cigar. I was referring to the linked article in the first post of this thread but no matter.
Edited as put wrong name by mistake first time
Shows how the media can hype things up alright. Both those incidents with loaded rifles are unbelievable, it's a wonder their aren't more people killed or injured when this sort of thing goes on. Certainly a case for instant loss of FOL.
Yep to confirm my original link - the Herald clearly indicated that the guy tried to bring it on as carry-on and was given his marching orders. Turns out he possibly just didn’t let them know in advance that he was checking it in.
Quote..Flight NZ547 had been due to depart at 2pm when the pilot announced that passengers had tried to bring a rifle on to the plane, but failed to follow correct check-in procedure, a passenger on the plane said.
Firstly.....why is the “pilot”announcing this to the passengers....if indeed that is even true,WTF!!!!.....That information is supposed to be “a need to know”.....why would you even contemplate announcing something like that,....how f@$king stupid..
Thats why the media like the E version. They cannot be sued for what they print when they get it wrong because they can change ot to say they were right. It also means they can print the story (fake or not) then worry about fact checking later after the damage is done....
In a proper newspaper they used to have an editor and fact check system because once printed they could be done for defamation if they were wrong. This appears to no longer be the case...
If I was a Pilot...everynow and then I would "forget"to turn off the PA system and mistakenly give the passengers a running commentary of the Aircrafts faults:
"Phew,never thought we'd make it off the runway in this old girl"
"Two wheels down is probably enough to land it"
"Hope we get to Wellingtonn on that leaky wing tank,just keep an eye on the engine incase it catches fire again.Did they fix it?"
"How many joints to you think I can roll before I have to touch the joystick"
What is not clear is if the firearm was in a locked case and the passenger had notified the airline at check in per avsec regs.
If the firearm was in the passenger's suitcase and they were hoping to avoid the extra bag fee then he is indeed a dork of the highest order. Maybe, just maybe he was trying to fly under the radar because of the highlighted sensitivity atm. Perhaps is was just a poorly thought through action.
I suspect that if the passenger had followed the rules and used a gun case and checked it in, none of this would have happened.
Cool.
Bet that raised an eyebrow or two.