Thread: Any one have there B-cat?

What I hate is that if you are trained by the government to use pistols and are authorised to carry pistols while working in the public then why the fuk do you need to get a civilian at the pistol club to say you are good enough to own a pistol. Really grinds my gears.

I can see why they aren't allowed for hunting, they aren't practical in comparison to a rifle. However shooting them on a farm I see no problem with but now I am beginning to blur the difference between the two in my own mind. Mind you some people would carry one around in their car the whole time and if caught would just say they were going hunting with it.

Making Pistols more accessible to the general public scares the shit out of me. But I do respect the people that use them for sport.

Originally Posted by Savage1

What I hate is that if you are trained by the government to use pistols and are authorised to carry pistols while working in the public then why the fuk do you need to get a civilian at the pistol club to say you are good enough to own a pistol. Really grinds my gears.

I can see why they aren't allowed for hunting, they aren't practical in comparison to a rifle. However shooting them on a farm I see no problem with but now I am beginning to blur the difference between the two in my own mind. Mind you some people would carry one around in their car the whole time and if caught would just say they were going hunting with it.

Making Pistols more accessible to the general public scares the shit out of me. But I do respect the people that use them for sport.

I dissagree.

Hunting pistols are as every bit as practical as a rifle.

I have a S&W model 22a that shoots as good as any .22 rifle I own. It would make an awesome hunting pistol for small game out to 100m.

The HMS shooters would also dissagree ... they accurately shoot out to 100m with the rimfires and 200m with the centerfires.
All these targets are animals for a reason. The sport evolved from Hunting.

I'd love to be able to Hunt with a handgun in NZ but are resigned to having to travell overseas to do so.