Thread: Discharge Without Conviction

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

The forum contains a representative sample of NZ firearms owners, as it is a firearms crime (weather or not the air rifle is classified as such) the views of firearms owners are surely much more relevant to this case than those of non firearms owners, for the simple reason that owners are fully aware of the risk to another persons life that the defendants actions posed. We are not looking at a situation where the defendant rocked up with a paintball gun and splattered a car

Moa Hunter, that is an interesting notion. So are you saying only firearms owners should be involved in drafting the contents of firearms law, or only motorists in the road transport act for instance ?