SSANZ: Sporting Shooters Assoc New Zealand:

Here in New Zealand there are something like 246,000 licensed firearms owners who have proved to the licensing authority that they are FIT AND PROPER PERSONS TO OWN FIREARMS.

- Following the awful shooting attack on two mosques in Christchurch - our NZ Govt lead by Jacinda Ardern took rapid emergency action to "ban military style semi-auto rifles".

This action was widely supported by the public (.. including some shooters) BUT the regulations rushed through parliament into law have done much more than effect this type of firearm. The list of other types of firearms and parts now PROHIBITED, additional restrictions and charges - together with punitive obstruction & delaying tactics must have been long prepared by police ready & waiting for an excuse to be imposed.

Law Abiding licensed gun owners are now being vilified by some as nutter members of a GUN LOBBY.

This is wholly wrong .. until the recent funding cuts for the Police licensing process - the former training sessions and face-to-face scrutiny of license applicants ensured that all Firearms Licence holders were stable law-abiding valuable citizens who live to a higher standard than average.

And there is no united GUN LOBBY (yet) in New Zealand - but we now need one. 

Every gun owner who values her / his sporting interest MUST immediately join SSANZ.

For only $20 you get a voice and a vote:

https://sportingshooters.nz/membership/

We HAVE to fight these unreasonable prohibitions and restrictions .. or lose all of our rights for ever.

The home raids by armed police teams have started

Marty K.

NZ Govt. Owned MQ-9 REAPER UAVs :

General Atomics hunter-killer UAV 'REAPER' is sometimes also known as 'PREDATOR-B'.

Reapers carry upto 1,000 kilos weight of missiles or bombs with a cruising duration upto 28 hours.

- A small dark shadow overhead?

 - you might care to bend-over and kiss your ass goodbye ..

Currently offered as a bargain starting at US$ 8 Million each (conditions & terms apply)  PLUS of course the essential ground control bases, training, & expendables.

While the USAF run about 200 of these .. Our RAAF cussies over the ditch are lashing-out A$ 300 million for maybe 8 (or 6 only - reported variously) - so by the time they've got them deployed operationally they should expect it to have cost at least 600 Million eh .. as government spending usually costs at least twice what they announce.

It is likely a Reaper was used to take-out the head of Iran's Quds Force Soleimani - possibly using a recently developed specialist version of the Hellfire missile - that deploys steel cutting blades as it contacts using a reduced explosive impact. - Either way it has been reported that the disassembled remains were able to be identified by a ring on a finger.

Governments have the habit of enforcing their political will on others by appropriate means .. while our developing New Zealand police state is deploying internal armed police teams to search for an old lever action rabbit rifle - with an invalid search warrant.

Police are said to have targeted this small bore manual action rim-fire because an image of it was used in a Parliamentary Submission ..

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- Here is another of the informed & opposing submissions - from down South - well worth reading:

https://www.parliament.nz/resource/en-NZ/52SCFE_EVI_91272_FE22829/72f43a87bd47947b74cb7686ec8296971e6c9cdd?fbclid=IwAR2NwVItf6fsYZGagyn6WNQZrHRtyOF6JfaePwU7JZbYLzTi9slH81tvbXM

Our current regime must put on hold their current expensive changes to NZ Firearms Regulation .. and at least demonstrate some respect until the Royal Commission's findings into the Mosque Massacre are released.

The money that they will save will go some way towards the purchase of MQ-9 Reapers to replace our six P3 Orion nuclear capable Maritime Patrol Aircraft that are past their use-by dates.

Marty K.

POLICE STATE NZ? - What A State:

Hmm .. there are definitely signs of a Police State developing here - I 'suss' there is a level of co-operation at the top strata between Police-suck-Politician - of "You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" ..

Extremist/Fundamentalist Police senior Management are demanding restrictions to the basic human right of self defence - and restricted firearms ownership - in exchange for them deploying political pay-back squads with intimidation tactics and threats on those daring to disagree with this authoritarian regime from Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern - the forty year old  40th Prime Minister of New Zealand.

This woman has been a career politician since she was 17 and she worked as a political adviser to British PM Tony Blair before returning here with pommy insider control techniques. 

Ardern has displayed deep contempt for the few "democratic" processes that remain inside the REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY system. - Her administration leap-frogged over any public consultations on firearms regulation and shows total contempt and disdain to the strongly opposing expert public submissions.

YES - we do seem to have stepped much further away from any "democratic" pretence that covers the way that our place really is controlled - solely in the interest of the powerful and wealthy top 10 paraders.

  "Well you get to vote every three years don't you?"

Her police promoted 'BUY-BACK SCHEME'  prohibition has been (and IS) an expensive total failure with only a third of the estimated numbers of evil weapons being surrendered.

- So what will now happen .. with maybe a 100,000 new criminal gun owners invented within kiwi society?

.. Dawn raids by black-clad assault troops kicking-in doors - with house holders held face-down on the ground by a muddy boot ? - New Zealand as you want it.

Days after writing the above comes the report of the first intimidating raid on a lawful licensed firearms owner:

THIS IS A CASE OF TWELVE ARMED COPS RAIDING A MAN WHO THEY KNOW WILL BE LEFT WITH GUNS AND A FIREARM LICENSE. 

BECAUSE HE WAS NEVER A THREAT.

So the cops got a warrant to search for a legal gun. 

They were there for...

A LEVER ACTION .22 RIFLE.

They confirmed that the only reason they knew the family had it was because the gentleman in question put a picture of it in his submission to Parliament. 

Because it MAY now be illegal. 

Despite the user's obviously lawful intent.

Do you like THAT precedent?

So if you ever HAD a .22 with a big mag - legally - you could be raided tonight.

A picture showing you being lawful that was taken a decade ago gets you raided NOW.

What has become of this nation?

https://www.rightminds.nz/articles/my-house-was-raided-over-22lr-lever-action-rifle#disqus_thread 

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It's a very sad state of affairs .. The badly under resourced - underfunded - & undermanned POLICE seem to feel that as they have lost overall control of the criminals - they can only specialise & take selected action against the "low hanging fruit" of registered F.Lic. holders ..  who shouldn't be too much trouble to dominate as they're decent people .. not violent nutters and dysfunctional psycho prison inmates.

I remain 100% supportive of our front line police in their difficult work trying to restrict the activities of an increasing mob of under-educated spaced-out and dishonest sociopathic spitting freaks who don't know if they are "Arthur or Martha". - However .. the demands of police extreme christian commanders are unacceptable.

This whole corruption of modern society seems to stem from the under funding of essential social structures in order to cut taxes and increase the wealth of the power holders.

Marty K.

ABJECT FAILURE of UK & Australian GUN BANS:

Our New Zealand Police and their tame politicians regularly voice their opinions based on the "success and necessity" of the UK Mother Country's ban on civilian firearm's ownership - as justification for their attacks on sporting gun users here in New Zealand .. despite their own NZ crime figures showing no issue resulting from the historic granting of firearms licences to 'Fit & Proper Persons'.
- Here's a factual  list ..

United Kingdom Mass Shootings since the 1997 Firearms Act Amendment:

Imperial Gardens Nightclub Shootout\Norman Lindsay Murder 1997 1 Dead & 3 wounded by firearm

Orchids Nightclub Hackney Shoot-out, 1999 7 wounded by firearm

Rochdale Shooting, 1999 5 wounded by firearm

Chicago Nightclub Yardie Shooting, 2000 8 wounded by firearm

Belfast Rex Bar Attack, 2000 4 wounded by firearm

Hayfield Pub Shooting \ Hugh Scott Murder , 2001 1 Dead & 3 injured by firearm

Darren Bell Murder, 2001 1 Dead & 3 wounded by firearm

Peter Denyer Murders, 2001 4 Dead by firearm

Birmingham New Year Party Shootings, 2003 2 Dead & 3 wounded by firearm

West Belfast Highfield estate Paramilitary-Style Attack, 2003 4 wounded by firearm

Premonitions Nightclub Shooting, 2004 1 Dead & 3 wounded by firearm

Croydon Spotlight nightclub Shootings, 2004 2 Dead & 3 wounded by firearm

Birmingham Ruthies Cafe Shooting, 2005 4 wounded by firearm

Newcastle Burrendale Park Road Shooting, 2005 4 wounded by firearm

Brass Handles Pub Shooting, 2006 2 Dead & 2 wounded by firearm

David Bradley Murders, 2006 4 Dead by firearm

Ipswich Zest Nightclub Shooting, 2006 1 Dead & 3 wounded by firearm. 1 wounded by stabbing

Sheffield Beeley Wood pub shooting, 2006 4 wounded by firearm

Broomhall Sheffield Drive By Shooting, 2009 1 Dead & 3 wounded by firearm

Massereene Barracks shooting, 2009 2 Dead & 4 wounded by firearm

Cumbria Shootings, 2010 12 Dead & 11 wounded by firearm

Custard Factory Birmingham Nightclub Shooting, 2010 4 wounded by firearm

St James’s Crescent in Brixton Shooting, 2010 5 wounded by firearm

Coach House pub Shootings, 2011 1 Dead & 3 wounded by firearm

Homerton Shooting \ East London Shooting, 2012 5 wounded by firearm

Horden Shootings, 2012 4 Dead & 1 wounded by firearm

Bootle Shotgun attack, 2012 4 wounded by firearm
Dale Cregan Cotton Tree Pub Shooting, 2012 1 Dead & 3 wounded by firearm
Birmingham City Centre Costcutter Hockley Shooting, 2015 4 wounded by firearm
Brady Street Shooting \ Whitechapel Playground Shooting, 2016 4 wounded by firearm
Forest Gate Drive By shooting, 2016 5 wounded by firearm
Doncaster Drive By Shooting \ Cantley Lodge Pub shooting, 2017 4 Wounded by firearm
Manchester Moss Side Shooting August, 2018 10 wounded by firearm
Birmingham Barbeque Shooting July, 2019 4 Wounded by firearm

.. But we BANNED GUNS ...

.. Now if they 'd like to make any excuses regarding violent crime levels in our British homeland .. I add further similar FACT from much closer to home - from our cuzzies across the ditch in AUSTRALIA:

Australia Mass Shootings after 1996 National Firearms Agreement

Chippendale Blackmarket Nightclub Shooting 1997 3 Dead & 1 wounded by firearm

Mackay Bikie shootout, 1997 6 wounded by firearm

Wollongong Keira Street Slayings, 1999 1 Dead & 9 wounded by firearm

Wright St Bikie Murders, 1999 3 Dead & 2 wounded by firearm

Rod Ansell Rampage, 1999 2 Dead & 3 wounded by firearm

Kangaroo Flat siege, 1999 1 dead & 4 wounded.

Cabramatta Vietnamese Wedding Shooting, 2002 7 wounded by firearm, no deaths

Monash University Shooting, 2002 2 Dead & 5 wounded by firearm

Fairfield Babylon Café Shooting, 2005 1 Dead & 3 wounded by firearm

Oakhampton Heights triple-murder suicide, 2005 4 Dead by firearm

Adelaide Tonic Nightclub Bikie Shooting, 2007 4 Wounded by firearm

Gypsy Jokers Shootout, 2009 4 Wounded by firearm

Roxburgh Park Osborne murders, 2010 4 Dead by firearm

Hectorville Siege, 2011 3 Dead & 3 wounded by firearm

Sydney Smithfield Shooting, 2013 4 Wounded by firearm

Hunt family murders, 2014 5 Dead by firearm

Sydney Siege, 2014 3 Dead & 4 wounded by firearm

Biddeston Murders, 2015 4 Dead by Firearm

Ingleburn Wayne Williams Shootings, 2016 2 dead & 2 wounded by firearm

Brighton Siege, 2017 2 dead & 3 wounded by firearm

Margaret River Murder Suicide, 2018 7 Dead by firearm

Prahran Love Machine Nightclub Shooting April, 2019 2 Dead & 2 wounded by firearm

Darwin Australia Shooting June, 2019 4 Dead & 1 wounded by firearm

.. but we BANNED GUNS (too) ..

As far a possible I have specifically excluded knife crime .. while acknowledging that edged weapon use in violent crime has also greatly increased following police attempts to restrict firearms.

- Would anyone like to forecast how futile the various new amendments to our New Zealand 1983 Arms Act and the subsequent multiple Orders In Council will be?

Marty K.
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FLUTED CHAMBERS - as per The Glock 44 .22" Rim Fire:

The more I read stuff (- while trying to justify saying "I know what I'm talking about.")
.. or maybe even something I have actually been heard to say (- with a smile) to my wife (ex) - "I only argue when I'm right."  .. the more UNSURE I actually become about some aspects of life.

The current topic is .. FLUTED CHAMBERS:

H&K P7 9x19mm Fluted Chamber. 

Those Flutes & The Larger Diameter of The Chamber Opening 

- Are Stated To FLOAT The Fired Brass Out Freely.

Question: What is the purpose of machined chamber flutes?

A/- Are fluted chambers designed to delay the opening of a blow-back action by increasing the contact grip between the brass cartridge case & the chamber walls until the gas pressure drops?  .. or

B/- Are combustion chamber walls fluted to permit combustion gasses to move between the two surfaces thereby "floating" the brass away from close contact and lubricating /easing that action opening?

- Certainly I have read BOTH explanations.

Fired 9mm Brass From H&K P7 Pistol

So far I'm beginning to think that both explanations are correct ... because there are different types of chamber "fluting" for different reasons. There are known to be LONGITUDINAL FLUTING - RADIAL FLUTING - HELICAL FLUTING - & even a form where multiple .015" holes are 'dimple' drilled into the chamber wall.

The fluted Glock G 44 chamber has a 'Ghost Hole' loaded chamber indicator:

And A Fluted Chamber ..

- So that's clear then ....

.. Just exactly what is the purpose of the G44 chamber fluting remains to be determined eh,

A Link to a Technical Treatise on the topic:
  http://s3.amazonaws.com/hk-manuals/files/Armorer/Misc/Fluted_and_Annular_Grooved_Chambers_in_Firearms.pdf

Marty K.

Time NOW To Boycott LEVI's:

The executive of worldwide corporation Levi-Strauss have openly declared war on lawful gun owners and on the right to own arms.

Levi's President Chip Bergh earlier this year launched an anti-gun campaign by donating a million dollars for  “working to end gun violence in America,” adding his company has already banned guns in their own stores, offices and manufacturing facilities. 

The company also announced they’re now partnering with Everytown for Gun Safety, a non-profit, anti-gun group .

https://www.mrctv.org/blog/levi-strauss-announces-new-company-wide-anti-gun-campaign

ANTI GUN

There are plenty of other decent jeans makers in the world to choose from - so all sporting shooters and our families should carefully boycott all Levi's anti-gun products .. including their 'Signature' brand.

- That is - if you care about your RIGHTS and sport.
- Dickies Carpenter Jeans are better anyway 'cos they have great side pockets on the right leg for spare magazines

Marty K.

.. so levis patented rivets through the fabric - big deal 😏

"FUDDs" Damaging Shooter's Rights:

FUDD relating to shooting is a fairly new word for me ...

(An alternative explanation of the phrase is Female Urinary Diversion Device that works as a portable device for the superior-sex .. acting as a substitute penis.  - No .. not a bloody vibrator you dickhead - but for taking a leak in mixed military company:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXRxjmifjO8  )

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But in the shooting & hunting world,  FUDDS are low IQ 'know-alls' who think that their experience & choice of firearm & calibre is so superior to everyone else's that there is no possible reason for those others to be allowed to have their different choice of .. auto or pump-action shotgun - or semi-auto rifle - or short barrelled carbines - or who needs a silencer unless you're a criminal - and you should't be allowed to wear 'camo' gear
- & tube magazines only need to hold THREE ROUNDS - and pistol grips on rifles are dangerous - and revolvers should only have five rounds in six chambers and be shot single-action only - and "nobody needs more than two guns" and you shouldn't teach children about gun safety until they are 21 y.o. or ......

The word FUDD seems to come from the Looney Tunes cartoon character "Elmer Fudd" who used to chase after BUGS BUNNY in the late 1930 - 40's trying to hunt bunny but always cocking everything-up and usually injuring himself:

 "Shhh. - Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits"

According to Wikipedia - there may be a snide dig reference there to well known hunter & shooting writer Elmer Keith.

- So the point is - that by criticising other's gun choices & use - FUDDS are handing anti-gun ammunition to the banners.

I guess every group and club has it's loud mouth moron and difficult asset ... but please do us all a favour by letting that fuddy-fecker know that he ought keep his critical opinions to himself when in public.

Best wishes for a HAPPY NEW YEAR .. with any luck it won't be as bad as last year was eh,

My thoughts are with the many victims and survivors of that awful murderous Mosque attack March 15 - and also with those terribly burned - injured & lost in the White Island volcanic eruption.

Marty K.

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