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Post by wyseyes on Apr 15, 2011 14:32:03 GMT 11
From nzherald.co.nz 15-4-2011 "The Government is to tighten import controls on airguns that look like real pistols, military style semi-automatic firearms (MSSAs) or restricted weapons. Police Minister Judith Collins said replicas were frequently used by criminals as they were easily mistaken for real firearms. "Police estimate that there could be up to one incident a week where a member of the public presents an airgun that looks like a real pistol, MSSA, or restricted weapon requiring an armed police response, sometimes involving a call-out of the Armed Offenders Squad," she said. The Government has been looking at laws around high-powered airguns after pneumatic (PCP) air rifles were used in two fatal shooting, including the murder of Police Sergeant Don Wilkinson. Ms Collins today introduced an amendment to the Arms Act to the House, which would require anyone planning to import the airguns to get a permit. The Arms Amendment bill will also clarify how MSSAs are defined in legislation. She said the move was necessary after a High Court decision which created uncertainty as to whether some semi-automatic firearms were MSSAs or not. Regulations had been changed to require owners of PCP air rifles to hold a firearm licence from October 2010." Here we go again
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Post by eraserhead on Apr 15, 2011 19:27:03 GMT 11
In my opinion, this is good.
In the wrong hands, you can cause a lot of trouble with a replica.
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Post by slidecontrol on Apr 15, 2011 19:52:22 GMT 11
thin end of the wedge material, the bill also seeks to overturn the result of "police vs Lincoln" a landmark case which actually clarified the law as written rather than obfuscating it. A rarity in this day and age.
if the bill passes we will likely see things like 'e cat' air rifles and 'b cat' air pistols.
the law already caters for idiots who would use a softair pistol in an illegal manner. why add more draconian rules for the criminal element to ignore and to annoy to already law abiding citizens?
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Post by nzgunnie on Apr 18, 2011 17:34:12 GMT 11
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Post by slidecontrol on Apr 25, 2011 15:34:59 GMT 11
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