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    How many terrorists and gang members hold a FAL in NZ?

    How many firearms offences are committed by FAL holders yearly? 

    How many firearms offences are committed by gang members yearly?

    Perhaps we can reflect on how licenced firearms owners must be one of the most law abiding segments of society. And how, just maybe, targeting them with more legislation and restrictions will change none of society's problems... Because they cause none of them.

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    There is no appeasing the anti gun lobby. Their misrepresentations, rhetoric and political stirring make it clear the end game is no guns. I think you have it backwards Dave- if the public is scared, then the public needs educating. One firearms owner was paid out $1,041,000 in the confiscation, how does that make anybody safer. What licensed firearms owner has ever committed a crime with one of those scary black guns? Tarrant, who by police's own criteria ought to have been denied, and that's it. Isn't it odd, an AR15 type rifle is used to kill a policeman, it has a serial number that means it belongs to NZDF, and nobody- not the police, not any politician keen to keep us "safe", not the media, nobody- wants to say a damn thing. It tells me there is an agenda.

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    "Nobody needs" isn't any kind of argument that makes sense, the appearance of a firearm has no bearing on it's lethality. Case in point, my old SKS was not military style and had a wood stock, yet was a military rifle and continues to be used very effectively by many (mostly unconventional) forces today. The firearms community were constantly on at police to change the rules so 30 round mags had to go onto an E cat licence but police said no it's too hard, all the paperwork and the cost of changing our systems and then getting it through parliament, it can't be done... But they were happy to put huge time and effort into banning pistol grips and other "military style" features that did diddly squat to the rifles function. It was even ruled by a judge that pistol grips are a safety feature. Registration is a joke, the system in Kapiti was hopelessly inaccurate and that was only looking after 6500 firearms owners, I believe after Christchurch they did a system update and lost everyones data surnames A through to G. Nevermind the constant court cases against individuals who are illegally accessing firearms owners information.

    As for AR15s, there is no better rifle for pest destruction.

    I believe police need to be replaced from arms act administration. They have had a go, some things have gone ok and many more have been fluffed. Create a seperate agency so their budget can't be robbed like PNHQ was doing with their firearms budget. Let police stick to their job- policing the rules, not creating them.

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    1 hour ago, Driftit said:

    So it's been a month.  I drove my 130i all the way from Gladstone, over the hill, sat in traffic (Why the F are there traffic lights on a motorway) and dropped it at Winger BMW in Wellington to have it's cooling hose recall completed.  They called us in the afternoon and said the car is ready for pickup.

    They completed the 1st part of the recall.....  Apparently it was always a two step process.  First they check the part number to see if it needs replacing.  It does.  Then they replace it.  They had time to replace it.  But don't have the part....  It's on back order in Germany.

    So now at some unknown date in the future I will have to bring it back over and repeat the process..

    Dealerships still managing to cost me money and time.  I could have checked the bloody part number myself.
    Also this issue effects nearly all BMW vehicles with this motor.  If you haven't had the recall.  Might be worth looking it up and confirming the part number.

    Who doesn't buy a BMW and immediately replace the entire cooling system??? ??

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