Posted on 10/31/2024 10:36:50 AM PDT by John Semmens
In New Zealand there is no constitutional right for citizens to bear arms. Recently, the police conducted a domestic intelligence operation to identify people who hold unacceptable political opinions. They identified 62 such individuals who were licensed to own firearms and confiscated their weapons.
Under the island's laws, the Firearms Safety Authority says "an applicant for a firearms license must be a fit and proper person to possess and use firearms." Government officials take the position that espousing views the government regards as "extreme" is sufficient grounds for disarming them. Former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern asserted that "it would be irresponsible to wait until after guns were improperly used to seize them. I've always believed that an ounce of prevent is worth a pound of cure."
Democrat nominee for vice-president Gov. Tim Walz admitted that "the New Zealand approach of trying to stop trouble before it starts seems sensible, but we need a way to finesse our way around the Second Amendment's protection of the right of sports shooters like myself to own firearms to make such an idea work here. President Biden has already used the FBI to suppress dangerous ideas from being spread on social media. Maybe if we can get the American Psychiatric Association to declare MAGA people to be mentally ill we could confiscate their weapons on the grounds that dangerously deranged folks shouldn't be allowed to have guns."
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And you thought all the Nazis were just in America...
Although semi-satire, the opening sentence setting up the article, “In New Zealand there is no constitutional right for citizens to bear arms,”is serious. The implication that there is a constitutional right to bear arms in the US is wrong, however. In the US it is recognized as a God-given, not constitutional, right, and protected by the Constitution. It is equally so in NZ but the socialists of course recognize no God other than Soros.
NZ is another country that I can’t take off my visit list because it was never on it and now never will be. Another little petty tyranny that the inhabitants inflicted on themselves, so my sympathy meter is currently at negative infinity.
the NZ Nazis are probably just softening up the country for Communist China’s planned take-over
You would think they, and Australia had learned a lesson in 1941 but n-o-O-o. wait till they see Chinese ships off the coast coming in and NOT to trade!
Just think - These folks are one of the 4 of the Five-Eyes that spy on US citizens for the US government. What the US won’t attempt for legal reasons, our other English speaking buds step up to the plate.
,,, it will only be one of the five eyes consortium that will stop US citizens from owning physical gold. Here's a clue: its the one that did it before.
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