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    State-owned maybe (state-influenced might be more...

    State-owned maybe (state-influenced might be more accurate) but they mainly reflect the values of previous management, and the inner-city cafe culture of their journalists. I notice they ask opinions...
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    That would be extremely useful.

    That would be extremely useful.
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    Funnily enough immediaty before reading this I...

    Funnily enough immediaty before reading this I was watching videos on using thermal drones for pest control. The purists here will hate this idea but I could see myself sitting on the deck with a...
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    Why does a company list firearms users? My first...

    Why does a company list firearms users? My first concern is that this might be a pest control company or similar, exactly the firearms we do not want the gangs to know the location of.
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    That thing is insane.

    That thing is insane.
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    This clip of Seymour being interviewed by Tame...

    This clip of Seymour being interviewed by Tame shows where ACT are thinking. Seymour is not anticipating a huge increase in semi auto ownership over the existing P category. This is where a lot of...
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    This was always going to be a contentious issue...

    This was always going to be a contentious issue and one that ACT made very clear any possible changes would only occur after serious public consultation and open minded hearings. ACT has made the...
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    it does sound like a strange question, but there...

    it does sound like a strange question, but there is an easy answer; you can legally fire it anywhere you could legally fire a single shot shotgun, unless there is a restriction such as duck shooting...
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    For a lot of us deer are pest animals that need...

    For a lot of us deer are pest animals that need to be gotten rid of.
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    My original 10/22 mag stopped being reliable...

    My original 10/22 mag stopped being reliable after 35 years and probably 100,000 rounds (did need an occaisonal clean though). Bought two rangers, threw first one away within 6 months and the second...
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    We had heaps here for most of my life, could...

    We had heaps here for most of my life, could shoot a dozen within 5 minutes walk of the house any day, but once I changed land management to much longer grass and heaps of trees the rabbits are...
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    https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2308/S00183/mili...

    https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2308/S00183/military-style-guns-back-in-communities-under-act.htm?_gl=1*1rd9p9*_ga*NjMzNjkyNTMzLjE2ODc0MDMwOTQ.*_ga_GGVMM3MB82*MTY5MzUxMzU2OC4xMi4xLjE2OTM1MTM2MTIuMTY...
  13. There are a few prohibited firearms turning up in...

    There are a few prohibited firearms turning up in deceased estates from people who didn't realise their old 22 with 11 shot tube was actually an illegal assault rifle, and a few BAR and mini14s etc,...
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    Wow. This means they want to bring back E cat as...

    Wow. This means they want to bring back E cat as it was, not just a slightly widened P endorsement as I was expecting. It's hard to imagine much buy in to that idea from the anti-gun nutters (both...
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    How long did it take to get a reply? I sent mine...

    How long did it take to get a reply? I sent mine a few days ago, but not follow up or even acknowledgement of email. I presume they will not reply to all comments.
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    I use a trs25 red dot on my 10/22 and find zero...

    I use a trs25 red dot on my 10/22 and find zero advantage of anything bigger. Every now and then I put a 4x or 3-9X scope on it but it usually only lasts for one night, then it comes off in disgust....
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    I need to send this video to my father-in-law....

    I need to send this video to my father-in-law. Old boy in his late 70's, shot over 600 pigs in a single season in the big drought a few years back with his b/a .223 on his dead flat NSW Tablelands...
  18. I think it is to prevent people keeping a firearm...

    I think it is to prevent people keeping a firearm under the bed!
  19. I discussed this with the vettor at my renewal...

    I discussed this with the vettor at my renewal last year, if you're asleep the firearm is considered unattended.
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    She told me ACT would have policy out before the...

    She told me ACT would have policy out before the election., Beyond the things you mentioned.
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    Did she say what the ACT firearms policy actually...

    Did she say what the ACT firearms policy actually will be?
  22. Thread: Climate

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    Maybe I need to watch again!

    Maybe I need to watch again!
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    Moa Hunter a bit disappointing to find the...

    Moa Hunter a bit disappointing to find the 'pre-human culture' is just Denisovans! I remember back in my uni days my Anthropology lecturer told us that the idea of Neanderthals being brutes was...
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    I'm halfway through it. Have not yet got to...

    I'm halfway through it. Have not yet got to pre-human bit, but I have no issue with the idea of previous civilisations as they are such a consistent part of early human mythology and thought....
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    Moa Hunter, have you read At the Mountains of...

    Moa Hunter, have you read At the Mountains of Madness by H P Lovecraft? He details the story there.
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