Thread: Exactly how illegal is it to shoot C-Cat guns?

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

If a person wants to ask a question they shouldn't be castigated for their lack of knowledge by others who have more knowledge. If that carries on then the whole forum is fucked.
The answer to the initial question can be addressed as follows:
The applicant wishes to shoot a C cat firearm with knowledge that this activity is illegal under NZ law and wishes to know how rigorously that law will be enforced and breaches punished.
What do the courts say on this matter :
Then quote the case law - which someone else has done here already.

Remember Parliament makes the laws not the Police. The Police enforce those laws but have the power of 'discretion' in minor matters. It is the courts that decide what the punishment is. If the applicant sees from the case law that the punishment is a $100 fine they might consider that it's worth the risk - just the same as when every person on here speeds to get to a hunting spot at 4am.

Man, I wish I could have explained it as well. Full marks Moa Hunter.