Are Anti-Gunners Negative/ PASSIVE - while Gun Owners Are Privately PRO-ACTIVE.

- & Criminals know their rights? ..

 - Do the ANTIS say "- The Police & army will look after us - and food comes from the freezer" whereas shooters will say "I'll look after myself and will hunt for some of my food" ?

- Does a Gun-Banner say "I'd rather die than use a gun on someone" while the gun owner says " If you threaten me and my family - I will stop you." ?

Those good folk who want to BAN guns are the ones who feel threatened by guns - while gun owners feel that they are protected by guns ..

I think that there is little value in shouting insults at each other .. Where is the good in calling those who want GUN CONTROLS 'horse faced lefty communist dictators' or from them calling gun owners 'dangerous uncontrolled gun nuts'?

Most jurisdictions I can think of mandate that if you want to drive a car you have to be trained AND pass a test. - If you want to fly an aircraft you have to be trained and pass a test.

If you want to be a Teacher or a Nurse - you have to be trained and pass your qualifications.

This is logical and sensible.

I believe that sensible law-abiding citizens have the right to hunt & fish and to SELF DEFENSE .. but also need to be trained and tested for safe accurate gun control before owning firearms. They should NOT be punished for being LAW-ABIDING.

Mind you .. I also think that VOTERS should have to sit a National IQ Test with a moderate pass level before joining the electoral register - and that prison inmates should lose their voting rights. - I also think that proven murderers should be terminated promptly.

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We used to have very sensible Firearms training & licensing regulation in New Zealand that resulted in the crowd at the gun club being a fine select group that I felt very comfortable to be around - But our GOVERNMENT cut funding and changed the requirements .. resulting in a lowering of standards.

There is insanity in calling for GUN REGISTRATION as the answer to use of illegal weapons by unlicensed criminals or gang members .. are gang members going to REGISTER the guns that they didn't surrender in the failed 'BUY-BACK' scheme? - what about their knives, swords, hammers, axes, machetes, petrol cans etc.?

There is stupidity in punishing & alienating lawful gun owners for the killings of Muslims by an Australian.

There are lies & misrepresentation in the political reasoning to further restrict firearms ownership ... gun crime in New Zealand is already at a very low level.

One issue here is that in order to defend our rights as shooters we need to UNITE & oppose the leadership of both our Police and of our Government ..

Here we now have regulations that make it criminal to import a spring or a harmless rubber grip - how many officials are wasting our taxes looking for a small spring in a plastic bag or some replacement screws - when VIOLENT CRIMINALS left at liberty are the problem?

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Sadly our fine local shooter's magazine NZ GUNS has announced they are closing completely. - The 'monthly' stopped printing and went 'on-line only' after nearly 20 years supporting our shooting sports  - but has now finally ceased.

There is only one reason this publication has gone .. lack of support from shooters

APATHY OF NZ FIREARMS LICENCE HOLDERS.

Marty K.

- JOIN SSANZ NOW OR FOR EVER LOOSE YOUR SHOOTING RIGHTS.