Thread: A question for NZDA members

Originally Posted by Tommy

Our local president was super on the side of all shooters when he published this on the front page of the BT

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Exactly.

I didn't even get the respect of a reply when I asked what he meant.

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To president@deerstalkers.co.nz
CC Daniel Friedman 05/11/16 at 10:00 AM
Hi Dave,
Im not sure of the intention in your message about MSSAs being weapons and not hunting tools.
I hunt with bolt action rimfires and centrefires, with pump action shotguns and with semi auto centrefires. Some of the semis happen to be MSSAs due to a number of features, some are treated as Acat rifles again due to certain features, or lack of. Of course I have the correct endorsement to own MSSAs and follow the rules for that endorsement.
When I hunt goats, deer, pigs, rabbits and hares with my purpose built hunting AR15 which happens to be a MSSA, it is a tool for legal hunting purposes, so that makes it a hunting firearm, not a weapon.
Similarly when I hunt with my bolt actions or my Acat semi auto centrefires they are hunting firearms, not weapons.
When I target shoot with my fully wooded 1942 M1938 Swedish Mauser, my Sako 75 bolt action centrefires or my MSSA AR15 Service class rifle in competitions or just to practise at the range, they are target rifles, they are not weapons.
When I target shoot my pump action shotgun at clays, it's then a target shotgun, not a weapon.
It's the purpose of use that makes a firearm what it is. None of mine are weapons, not my MSSAs, not my bolt actions, not my Acat semis, not my shotgun.
I hope you have the time to clarify what your message was please.
Kind regards,
xxxx
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