Air gun retailer agrees on restrictions

tvnz ^ | June 14, 2010

[JoeProBono]

One of New Zealand's biggest air gun retailers agrees that the most high-powered weapons he sells should be restricted.

Last week John Skinner became the first New Zealander convicted of murder using an air rifle following the murder of undercover police officer Don Wilkinson.

Wilkinson was the first person in New Zealand to be killed with an air rifle but at the moment, anyone over 18 can buy the kind of weapon involved.

The Police Association has made it clear it wants restrictions introduced for the sale of the air guns.

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[Sergio]

Where do I get one? (FX Monsoon)

[Freddd]

Airguns Of Arizona
26 N Gilbert Rd, 85234 Gilbert Arizona
Phone: +1 480 461 1113
mail@airgunsofarizona.com
www.airgunsofarizona.com

[JoeProBono]

Wal-Mart is your savings place

http://www.crosman.com/airguns/

[2aberro]

Bow-n-Arrows and baseball bats next on the hit list........

[yarddog]

Of course they can kill. So can screw drivers, hammers, axes etc.

Actually it is possible to make an air rifle about as powerful as a standard high powered pistol or even more powerful. Remember Lewis & Clark carried one with them which killed a deer.

Sherlock Holmes once said the only thing he was afraid of was air guns.

They certainly are not my weapon of choice tho, if I were going to commit murder.

[JoeProBono]

Mine

[2aberro]

I’m curious,, do people in New Zealand have to eat steak with a plastic knife?

[2aberro]

Dude,,,.22 at Walmart... less than $140 bucks... get a real gun!

[uglybiker]

But wot about point 'ead sticks?

[JoeProBono]

Have a few real guns

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

"The rifle costs around $3000 and fires pellets at just under 300 metres a second. It is also very easy to fire with no recoil, barely any movement and the ability to fire 12 shots as fast as the trigger can be pulled."

Three Grand for an Air Rifle?

It better be able to do more than what is listed such as.........well seeing as this is a family oriented site, I'll resort to discretion and you guys who are as shallow and base as I, can use your imagination. lol

[JoeProBono]

[green iguana]

FX Monsoon... nice pellet gun. But 30 ft-lbs of energy. Give me a break. Good for squirrels, but I don’t know how a full grown adult was killed with that.

These are airguns: http://www.quackenbushairguns.com/index.html

[JoeProBono]

fx monsoon

[green iguana]

Very nice looking gun. But $3000? Hopefully not $3000 US.

This costs under $1000. But there is a bit of a waiting list...

.458 cal, pushing a 430 grain bullet over 730 fps.

[yarddog]

30 ft. lbs. is more than enough to kill. It has to hit a vulnerable spot but it has happened many times.

I have read of many tragedies where some kid kills another, especially a toddler etc. with airguns.

[ccmay]

Air gun (.50 cal.)

[ccmay]

Here is the most interesting and important air rifle ever made. Recent research has shown that it is the very same rifle carried by the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1803-1806.