World's Oldest Bronze 'SWORD' - Would Be BANNED In NZ:

This short sword looks more like a dagger to me .. and measures only about 60 cm or 24 inches overall length .. But any bronze replica would be a NZ police banned import 'double edged' weapon for New Zealand.

Tests have found that it is made from an early type of arsenic-copper BRONZE alloy and dates as more than 5,000 years old.

The 'sword' was part of a medieval exhibit in a Venice monastery museum when earlier this year a student noticed that it might be wrongly dated & labelled.

This particular relic comes from the ancient city of Trebizond in Northeastern Turkey.

So there you go - you never know what's around the corner waiting to be found eh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrTlOJfCkD4

So the oldest bronze "edged weapon" at 5,000 y.o from Turkey can meet the oldest known hand gun from China - also made from bronze .. that is a mere 732 years old:

Heilongjiang Bronze Hand Cannon From Before 1288

The slow development of ballistic weapons that follows-on from edged flint cutting tools has logically opened the media's doors to neurotic gun-banners who myopically focus on DANGER from portable firearms .. but they might better raise their eyes toward the upper atmosphere above Antarctica - or indeed to beneath our surrounding seas .. where they might observe REAL DANGER from recently developed & deployed nuclear powered cruise nuclear weapons. - try this linked story for illumination;

https://jamesfetzer.org/2018/09/donald-w-miller-m-d-the-day-us-military-supremacy-publicly-ended%EF%BB%BF/

With such government maniacs running our planet .. it's surprising that the population retains any sanity ..

Marty K.

Killer TARRANT Jail Costs

Australian Mosque Killer BRENTON TARRANT who is overdue for sentencing for the murder of 51 and attempted murder of 40 more is currently expected by NZ's government to cost $3.6 MILLION in extra security facilities.

2019 'Cabinet Papers' state special security measures for the first two years will amount to $3.6 Million.

-  Ongoing Additional specific DAILY cost for his imprisonment is estimated at $4,932 every day.

Judging by the usual 'cost overruns' of government spending projects - I am expecting the actual costs to New Zealand tax payers will be more than DOUBLE that estimate.

It is impossible to balance these ongoing costs against the budget savings our Police Firearms Licensing Section made by sacking the previous efficient teams of testers and interviewers when they "centralised" and went "on-line" with the Firearms Licensing process.

How can anyone measure the awful trauma of these murders and the horrific injuries to hundreds of innocent victims and their families?

Neither Politicians nor Police Management should ever forget the date 

15 March 2019.

This killer's life should be promptly TERMINATED  by the State.

Marty K.

U S & NZ Gun Deaths Compared:

America is often used by the Gun Grabbers as an example of failed gun control .. U S Deaths compared:

Now if you are surprised about U S firearms death numbers approaching motor vehicle fatalities .. you need to note that 60% of gun deaths are SUICIDE - typically by white males with physical health issues - this strongly indicates to me the failings of the US health system in addressing ill health.

The U.S. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that opioids were involved in more than 47,600 overdose deaths in 2017.

Both Opioids & motor vehicles each kill more U S residents annually than guns.

Now while each death is undoubtedly tragic .. please measure the significance of each of these roughly 40,000 annual losses against the yearly total of 60 Million DEATHS worldwide. 

New Zealand's records average 10 firearms homicides per year, but last year's ROAD DEATHS are 352 - while we average about 125 DROWNINGS every year.

- There were 23 'on farm' deaths of agricultural workers recorded for NZ in the last year.

So our career politicians decided they had to do something about GUNS ..

Time to act now.

Marty K.

Meaningful HOMICIDE RATES:

It's RED PAINT

The homicide rate per 100,000 inhabitants for United Kingdom at 1.20 is approaching double the level of New Zealand @ 0.70.

(New Zealand is 'British' .. The British monarch is still our 'Head of State')

INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE RATES:
per 100.000.

USA  ........    4.96 

Canada ....     1.76

UK ...........    1.20

Australia ....   0.89 

Ireland .....    0.87

NZ ...........    0.70 

Switzerland.  0.59

South Africa 36,49 

Lesotho (Southern Africa)

             ,,,,,  41.26 

- They say that you can prove anything with statistics - so I'll be cautious in what I suggest ... but these figures do not seem to justify the current process of prohibiting firearms ownership here in New Zealand - nor of passing hundreds of pages of new legislation to impede the lawful ownership of sporting & collectable guns by licensed fit and proper persons here.

To me there does not seem to be any direct relationship between the numbers of firearms in a society and it's homicide rate.

The level of murderous intent or violent crimes is likely to be more proportional with how civilised and responsible the national government and jurisdiction authorities are.

According to NZ police figures - only a mere 11 percent of all NZ homicides involved use of a firearm.

https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/publications/homicide-victims-report-2018.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate

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New Zealand badly needs to correct & eliminate recent changes to the way our gun licensing rules have been corrupted ... and the previous level of experienced vetting staff needs to be re-established to a standard similar to that existing before Government funding cuts and administrative changes were applied.

That NZ Firearms Licensing System worked well until degraded by management - and needed only small refinement.


Time to act  now.

Marty K.

S&W & Colt.. Naming Rights:

Life gets tedious ain't it ..

- Now read this line again - if you get it in order there's extra points.😁

3rd Model S&W Hand Ejector Model

- You see, way back when - neither great U S maker wanted to give a free ride to the other by stamping their rival's named cartridges on one of their own revolvers .. so it looks like Colts sales team conjured-up their own brand names .. .Proprietary Naming.

Colt Police Positive 
- If You'd Like To Start A Colts Collection
 These Are Undervalued (Cheap).

Moi? - I get around this issue by buying better Glocks and Rugers thus avoiding contact with both of these hardware makers.

Anyway the .32 S&W Long cartridge (1896) is the SAME CARTRIDGE as the .32 Colt New Police except Colts used a flat nosed slug in their version. - You might wonder which came first - but the answer could be that the Union Metallic Cartridge Company was FIRST - as the .32"S&W (Short) cartridge (that was lengthened to make the .32" S&W Long) - was originally made as a black-powder round by UMC 😈.

Not to add to your confusion ... but Merwin Hulbert also claimed and sold the same rounds as .32" Merwin Hulbert Cartridges for their guns.

- A similar naming scuffle push-and-shove went on later about the .38" S&W (1877) and the .38" Colt New Police .. that also got used by Webley & ROF Enfield as the .38/200 Mk1 Service Cartridge. - The 21 year later (1898) .38" Special is different again.

Yeah - it's a minefield eh.

The fact of the matter is that the ".32 long" cartridge was used as a law enforcement service revolver round for some time and gained a reputation for being consistently very accurate in target competition.

Marty K.

Time to act  now.

..  looney-tunes Greens also seem to support act ..

Remember .. if you get it in order there's extra points ..

- Both the Greens & the Govt. think voters are colourful morons ..

.. Time to act now.

Ardern's Fortieth - NZ Government Calendar:

There may be implications of INFORMATION ACCESS MANAGEMENT in this dating sequence ..

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is Forty years old July 26 2020.

52nd NZ Parliament expires August 12 (after The House rises August 6).

The Coronial Enquiry into the 51 deaths of the Christchurch Mosque Massacre is on hold until after Tarrant's Sentencing.

The delayed Sentencing of Tarrant is now scheduled for August 24 in Christchurch.

2020 NZ General Election & Referendums .. SEPTEMBER 19

Preliminary Election 2020 & Referendum Results released October 2.

Official Election 2020 & Referendum Results announce October 9.

The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Attack on Christchurch Mosques on 15 March 2019, including the performance of State sector agencies was due for release July 31. - The Government has extended the time available for this inquiry, - with the report now due on 26 November 2020.

.. more than two months after the election.

There is a political ploy Dispersion & Freezing - to manage release of critical facts until the public and media have 'moved on'.

.. Jacinda Ardern has her 40th Birthday July 26 2020.

In early 2008, Jacinda Ardern was elected as the president of the International Union of Socialist Youth. - Ardern had moved to London where she became a Cabinet Office senior policy adviser in an 80-person policy unit of then-British prime minister Tony Blair.

Link: POLITICAL PUBLIC RELATIONS - MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGEMENT

http://www.commreview.hr/download/documents/read/tomic_6

Marty K.

2nd LARGEST Military Force In The World?

I'd guess most non-specialists are thinking "Russia" or "China" come close to U S A as military power threats .. which may well be correct - except the answer to my leading question is the REPUBLIC OF INDIA.

OK - I'm merely a student here - no expert for sure - so I won't be insulted if you doubt me & do your own research with a scornful sneer on your chops .. go ahead.

FGFA - Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft:

India has roughly 1.5 Million active serving Defence Force personnel plus 1.5 Million 'reservists' plus 1.5 Million Armed Police plus 87,000 active 'Para-Military' consisting the Assam Rifles, Coast Guard & Special Frontier Forces  PLUS ..

India has a nuclear warhead delivery system comprising between 150-200 WARHEADS.

Consider here that "Great Britain" is believed to possess 120 Nuclear Warheads - multiple re-entry warhead TRIDENT missiles.

So this second largest military force INDIA is estimated to be the world's fourth most powerful nation.

The Indian Navy may by now have four Arihant Strategic Strike Nuclear Submarines included in it's submarine fleet.

.. Got you thinking? - Don't forget to surrender your prohibited sporting rifles & shotguns to the NZ Police.

Time to act  now.

Marty K.