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Thread: You busy South Islanders

  1. 04-06-2014, 10:41 AM #1
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    You busy South Islanders

    Mainlanders are twice as likely to own a firearm than North Islanders.

    About 8 per cent of South Islanders are standard firearm licence holders, compared to just 4 per cent in the North Island, according to police data.

    About one in 10 people have a firearm licence in the Tasman police district, an area that runs from Kaikoura, around the top of the South Island and down the West Coast to Haast. In contrast, Auckland City police district has just 6000 licence holders, or about one in 70 people.

    Canterbury has more licence holders than any other New Zealand police district, with about 34,000 licensed people, or 6 per cent of the population.
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  3. 04-06-2014, 11:40 AM #2
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    But it is ignoring the unlicensed firearms owners.
    There are only three types of people in this world. Those that can count, and those that can't!
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    would be plenty in the hands of gangs up north.

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    "Hunting and fishing" fucking over licenced firearms owners since ages ago.

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    i replied at the bottom as to why the article was even mentioned ....its a waste of space ...... and of course the one troll who says "only farmers should have guns " what a dink
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    Well after reading that I now find myself to be in a minority. One of only six thousand firearms license holders in a city of one and a half million people. Mind you don't discriminate against me now.
    It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
    What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
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    Quote Originally Posted by stumpy View Post
    ..... and of course the one troll who says "only farmers should have guns " what a dink
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    Quote Originally Posted by gadgetman View Post
    But it is ignoring the unlicensed firearms owners.
    Of course. The article was about licensed folks. It also didn't count purple elephants in the wild.
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    This thread @Barefoot
    It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
    What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
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    OK my bad. That was just the City Central police area. Manukau counties, Waitakere and North Shore have different numbers. Doh! There are over 30,000 in the region
    It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
    What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
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    I just told you that on the other thread
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barefoot View Post
    I just told you that on the other thread
    Bloody silly old fart I am. Open mouth, insert foot, chew vigorously.
    It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
    What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
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