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01-04-2019, 11:13 #21
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01-04-2019, 11:27 #23
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Re: NZ firearm ownership: The beginning of the end
"Always remember to pillage before you burn"
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01-04-2019, 11:48 #27
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Re: NZ firearm ownership: The beginning of the end
Anyway, this isn't a "boo hoo" thread - just an update. It's not over yet but it's going to be very difficult to effect any change when the government's bill has bipartisan support and has the head of the police association in the prime minister's ear...
Enjoy 'em while
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01-04-2019, 11:52 #28
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Re: NZ firearm ownership: The beginning of the end
Does NZ have some sort of firearms register that the government knows exactly who has what?
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01-04-2019, 11:53 #29
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01-04-2019, 11:54 #30
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Re: NZ firearm ownership: The beginning of the end
Personally I don’t think so, society have clear (regardless of logical) understandings of what they are allowed to stand up for. And government must balance that which they want to achieve, against that which will harm them.
Tolls for example, they could have included them into the licensing system, making it mandatory for people to pay them if they want to renew their car licenses each year. How many people here drive with no licenses, I am willing to bet precious few. Why don’t they protest against the ridiculous prices of vehicle licences? Government does not want to add the tolls, because they need the revenue stream, hence stalemate. Same as electricity prices, it’s something people use, the moment people stop using it, then they need to tax renewable energy, since it’s revenue lost for them.
Firearms, no, armed citizens is not something any communist country needs. It’s also something they can live without, a hunting license needs renewing every ten years, handguns 5 years, and those small amounts pales in comparison against the others already mentioned. So this small sacrifice they will gladly accept, especially when it makes future looting easier.
Molon labe is just a word, those in SA that have seen war are too old to do anything about it now, let alone survive the famine it brings. The young generation talk the talk, but most of them have never even been in a fistfight, they just watch jon wick movies all day. I tell you now when the banning start people will just start handing in firearms, because it won’t come to standing up for what they believe in. The only thing going for firearm owners currently, is the very thing they complain about, incompetence. People in SA, especially firearm owners, they can thank their lucky stars our government is so incompetent. Those that did not renew their old licenses, what percentage of them are regulars here, what percentage of them are sport shooters, trainers, operators or actually people competent in handling firearms?
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