Thread: Firearms Storage Inspection ....

Originally Posted by Hunt4life

... I am fearful of who might be in possession of any type of firearm, but especially rapid fire styles.
Additionally, regarding mental health, things can happen in our lives. Ppl can get depressed, or become highly volatile through anger. Is ten years too long between police checks to verify you're of sound mind and judgement?

Breathe mate, breathe. We live in, per capita, one of the most heavily armed countries on earth. Bolt, pump, semi, no difference - they are all around us. How often do you read of people ""getting depressed" and then hosing down other people with semi-automatic weapons... or bolt action weapons, or any firearms at all for that matter? Pretty damn rarely. Why live in fear of something that doesn't exist? Fearing what might happen is just your imagination - an irrational fear, much like me worrying about getting run over by a bus or monsters under my bed. It could happen but hey... I could get also get stung by a sting ray!

Anyone who reads the news even badly sees that fisticuffs, stabbings, bottlings etc are more prevalent because it's easier to carry a bottle or a knife around with you than a firearm. People who are depressed aren't necessarily violent and even if they were, they could do a lot of damage without a firearm.

In NZ, as soon as there is even a hint of a firearm involved... the police are onto that like a fat kid on a happy meal. Case in point, one day in 2006, I was sharing a house in North Auckland with someone. My flattie noticed that the fella next door had an air rifle and one day when we were drunk, he saw him walking around the house with it so he called the cops.

Within 5 minutes, they'd surrounded the house, K9 there was, interviewed the poor guy, came and interview my mate etc. Admittedly a complete waste of tax payers' money but the fact of the matter remains that gun crime is so low in New Zealand, that when it is reported, the police take it extremely seriously.

Where I come from, you'd be luck if the police even answered the phone!