Thread: Police at it again

Originally Posted by Cordite

Police advised the Minister of Police that shooters undermine the objective of the act by importing parts and assembling them into MSSAs, even if they do it legally.

"...and undermined the objective of the 1992 amendment act, that is to limit the number of MSSAs in New Zealand".

First of all they don't know the difference between aim and objective. You set an objective task to complete, aiming to achieve something thereby.

Second, I digressed, is the reduction of the number of MSSAs in NZ the actual stated aim of the act?

Got a PM from a community member pointing out that certainly wasn't the purpose of the amendment.

The purpose of the amendment was outlined as:

Purpose

The aim of the Bill is to amend the Arms Act 1983 (the Act) to:

amend the definition of military style semi-automatic firearm (MSSA);

enable regulations to be made declaring a firearm or type of firearm to be an MSSA, and to define or describe features of a firearm that is an MSSA;

provide for an appeal process to the District Court to apply when a firearms owner disagrees with a classification of a firearm as an MSSA; and

place restrictions on the importation of airguns that look like real pistols, MSSAs, or restricted weapons [1] .

No mention of reducing MSSA numbers.

https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/bill...rms-and-import