Thread: Guns Stolen From Unattended Vehicle in Matamata

Originally Posted by Cordite

Someone called Douglas put this helpful, encouraging comment on the facebook page concerned:
Douglas McHardy: why were they left unattended in a vehicle in the first place?
part 19 (2) (c) of the Arms regulations 1992 is quite specific on the subject
(c) ensuring that no firearm in the holder’s possession is left in a vehicle that is unattended.
http://www.legislation.govt.nz/.../l...DLM169122.html...
etc. etc.

Letter of law, yes, but others think a certain person was retarded because he brought a rifle with him to a toilet precisely to avoid leaving it unattended in his vehicle.

Anyway, I don't think NZP would consider the vehicles concerned unattended in the spirit of the law.

I think the issue for a lot of people is he either didn't put it in his gun bag and put it on his shoulder or think ahead to have a gun bag around. It was an A Cat H&K SL8 from what I understand.