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NZ Introduces bill for Mandatory Gun Registry, Claims No Right to Arms
Ammoland ^ | 24 September, 2019 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 09/26/2019 6:55:47 AM PDT by marktwain

In New Zealand, the far-left government has decided a national gun registry is necessary. They have been unsuccessful in confiscating (with payment) most of the previously legally owned semi-automatic rifles in the country.  There has been massive civil disobedience among New Zealand gun owners.

The party line of the leftist government is there is no right to own guns in New Zealand. They cannot be entirely sure of that, because part of the new gun control scheme is to place into law the premise that there is no legal right to arms for New Zealanders. From npr.org:

New Zealand's government is planning to create a registry of all guns in the country and stiffen penalties on illegal gun sales and modifications. The move comes six months after a gunman killed 51 people at mosques in Christchurch.

“Owning a firearm is a privilege not a right,” New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Friday. “That means we need to do all we can to ensure that only honest, law-abiding citizens are able to obtain firearms licenses and use firearms.”

The majority of crimes that involve guns, she added, were committed by people who didn't have a license and who used guns that were either sold illegally or stolen

A New Zealand Academic, Alexander Gillespie, made the claim there is no right to gun ownership in New Zealand  From pri.org:

Are there any privacy concerns about this gun registry?


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TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; gunconfiscation; gunregistration; newzealand
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To: SkyDancer

And hordes of others are hoarding their guns.


21 posted on 09/26/2019 7:57:09 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Yeah, well, y'know that's just like, uh... your opinion, man.)
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To: real saxophonist

Ready for a muzzie take over.


22 posted on 09/26/2019 7:59:36 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: mewzilla
NZ does not have a formal, written constitution that protects the citizenry from its government.

Sounds like it's time for NZ to have its revolutionary war moment. They are welcome to copy our Constitution to adopt as their own. It works for us but we do need to keep the commie dems in check at all times. Such is the price of freedom.

From time to time the blood of tyrants and some patriots is needed to water the tree of liberty. Paraphrased quote by Thomas Jefferson. I like to think the more tyrant blood spilled; the less patriot blood will be spilled and the shorter the war would be. Cut the head off the snake and it dies even if the jaws keep biting for a short time.

23 posted on 09/26/2019 8:10:32 AM PDT by Boomer (Our melting pot has turned into a pressure cooker)
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To: marktwain
The head of the snake...


24 posted on 09/26/2019 8:11:13 AM PDT by Boomer (Our melting pot has turned into a pressure cooker)
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To: marktwain

re: “New Zealand denies their is any legitimate use for firearms for self-defense.”

So, no “force multiplier” for old women against a much younger raping brute?


25 posted on 09/26/2019 8:19:16 AM PDT by _Jim (Save babies)
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To: indthkr
Does New Zealand have a constitution, or just a series of administrative and legislative precedents (aka a total kludge) like the British?


26 posted on 09/26/2019 8:21:24 AM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: marktwain

re: “re: “New Zealand denies their is any legitimate use for firearms for self-defense.”

BTW, I had an older aunt ‘put away’ one of those raping brutes with a revolver years back ...


27 posted on 09/26/2019 8:36:13 AM PDT by _Jim (Save babies)
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To: marktwain

PM Jacina = Greta grown up.

Were a big meteor to strike Earth tomorrow, NZ is now right up there for preferred strike point.


28 posted on 09/26/2019 8:51:35 AM PDT by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: SkyDancer

Hundreds will swear they lost their gun to a crazy Tasmanian devil.


29 posted on 09/26/2019 9:12:45 AM PDT by bgill
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To: bgill

Plus the water is very deep around those islands.


30 posted on 09/26/2019 9:20:30 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: marktwain

While they are at it the government should be registering shortwave and ham radios, demanding a list of books in people’s homes especially Bibles, registering the presence of any religious artifacts like crucifixes and rosaries and installing government controlled thermostats for heating and air conditioning units. Let’s hope the Kiwis have some backbone and say no to this fascism


31 posted on 09/26/2019 9:45:10 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher)
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To: bgill

I’ll bet cosmoline sales are up too. (rust preventative)


32 posted on 09/26/2019 9:55:26 AM PDT by _Jim (Save babies)
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To: marktwain

I’m not wasting any time on New Zealand. Not my people, not my problem.


33 posted on 09/26/2019 10:32:03 AM PDT by nonliberal (Sent from a payphone in a whorehouse in Mexico)
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To: bk1000
Then they may soon need something to protect the government from the citizenry.

Sigh... Well, there's always hope!

34 posted on 09/26/2019 10:36:28 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Boomer

It’s very healthy for a government to be a little afraid of its citizenry.

Clearly NZ’s is not.


35 posted on 09/26/2019 10:38:10 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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