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  1. 26-03-2017, 02:05 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rushy View Post
    No need to cringe. It was very different back then Zimmer. At 12 I was shooting rats with a .22 at the dump in Newells Road in Tokoroa and I sure as hell wasn't dropped off out there. Kid, bike, rifle across handle bars. No one thought twice about seeing a kid with a rifle back then. Despite the over regulated world we live in, I bet there are still places in this country where kids that age and younger are still shooting bunnies by themselves and are perfectly safe in doing so because they have been drilled in how to properly handle a firearm since they were old enough to walk across a paddock with their old man. For those of you that have grown up wrapped in the cotton wool of modern nanny state legislation I would note that this is not me being an advocate for illegal activities, it is just the pragmatist in me saying that it will still be happening.
    Ah! The Newell Road dump. Brings back many .22 rat shooting memories at 13/14 years old. Thanks Rushy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 10-Ring View Post
    Ah! The Newell Road dump. Brings back many .22 rat shooting memories at 13/14 years old. Thanks Rushy.
    It was part of growing up in the town. How did you get out there back in the day?
    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 Rushy View Post
    It was part of growing up in the town. How did you get out there back in the day?
    Biked out, usually with my mate sitting on the crossbar. Passing motorists used to wave to us.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 10-Ring View Post
    Biked out, usually with my mate sitting on the crossbar. Passing motorists used to wave to us.
    I rest my case! It is a different world we live in now (mores the pity)but I would like to think that in some small corner of the country that still happens.
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    It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rushy View Post
    I rest my case! It is a different world we live in now (mores the pity)but I would like to think that in some small corner of the country that still happens.
    Agreed, hope it does.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rushy View Post
    I rest my case! It is a different world we live in now (mores the pity)but I would like to think that in some small corner of the country that still happens.
    It does.
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