Kiwis support stricter controls on gun owners

Growing up in this great land in the 50's and 60's it was not uncommon to see someone walking down a street with a rifle or shotgun over their shoulder, even in Queen Street, Aucks. They were on there way to or from a gunshop or police station. Nobody freaked out or paid them any attention. It was accepted by the public that firearms were a part of the Kiwi way of life.

In the 1960's my mates and I used to bike all over the back country roads in the South Waikato with our .22 rifles slung over our shoulders, bolt and magazine installed, on the way to a particular farm or patch of scrub. Passing motorists would often wave or give us the thumbs up. Can't remember a single farmer ever not allowing us to shoot on their property when asked. We always called in when leaving and thanked them; to not do so was considered bad manners.

These days I would be lucky to walk to my letterbox with a firearm without the AOS being called.

A friend had the AOS called on him for nailing bunnies on a Pony club in the suburbs of town (not built up etc) with a air rifle with permission from said club.... Had some fuckwit come and tell him that he'd called the AOS as he thought it was a 308 and as such they showed up for the crime of the century!
I'm also sick and tired of the Police thinking that they create the Law which they DONT!

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Originally Posted by Rock river arms hunter

A friend had the AOS called on him for nailing bunnies on a Pony club in the suburbs of town (not built up etc) with a air rifle with permission from said club.... Had some fuckwit come and tell him that he'd called the AOS as he thought it was a 308 and as such they showed up for the crime of the century!
I'm also sick and tired of the Police thinking that they create the Law which they DONT!

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So the police are in the wrong, for turning up, as some member of the public calls to say that he has seen someone with a rifle, where he should not have been ?

Next time someone reports a suspicious vehicle , casing out houses, perhaps with intention to break into your house they should ignore it, dammed if they do and damned if they don,t.
As to creating the law, actually they do, simply by advising ministers.
And no I have nothing to do with the police, ( apart from payin my speeding fines) I just get pissed at people slagging them off for no reason at all, yet they are the first people they call when the shit hits the fan, would you do there job ?

i fully agree with gundoc even though i was raised playing video games and violent movies.
i have had to do electronic service work in prisons, cyf's homes and psychiatric care facilities and all i can say is if you saw where your tax dollars were going you would cry, you would also be incredibly pissed off to see how lenient soft and caring these places are. case in point, cyf home in south of christchurch for really bad little buggers had one escape one night, do some tagging and got caught trying to steal a car. he got dragged back to the home and from what i overheard he wasnt allowed to use the playstation for 2 weeks ( still had tv, pool table etc) . what a deterrent to not try it again.
ive seen a similar cyfs house where 2 inmates were deemed unsafe to be around others so were in a 4 bedroom house on their own with 2 staff on duty at all times !
been to a few prisons and whereas some are a bit run down the ones for "low risk" offenders have had accommodation that was pretty damn good. central heating, tv room , pool table etc. they even had movie night that was played from the guard house and distributed thru the aerial system to each cell. after all its far more comfortable to lay down on your bed wand watch tv. i have to admit that while working at these prison blocks i was offered a free lunch from the prison kitchen and it wasnt too bad.
since the police catch less than 20% of burglaries and the judge sentences them to menial sentences in comfortable surroundings its hardly a deterrent.

Iagree with Gundoc.
gone tropo -ive worked in chc biggest pysch facility for 36yrs ,forensic unit for last 10-your observations are somewhat astray.we are governed by very very strict law as to what we can and cant do end of story.again polis and shiny arsed biro pushers figure strongly in the equation .
the police are in a parallel situation.