Thread: Lock, Stock and Barrel in the South Island article

Lock, stock and barrel in the South | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago, South Island, New Zealand & International News

In a nutshell as of May 2013:

Statistics from police showed as of May last year there were 51,834 firearms owned by endorsement licence holders in New Zealand.

Endorsement licences cover special purpose and collector's firearms and each firearm has to be registered.

Those restrictions were part of the reason firearms-related deaths were uncommon in New Zealand, University of Otago dean of law Prof Mark Henaghan said.

He conceded ''that any gun is pretty scary to me'', but New Zealand's gun controls seemed to be effective.

2010 article for comparison :
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/10...sers-top-30000