[bigbob]

Since US small arms ownership per capita is more than 4 times that of NZ, gov’t would have to buy over 200,000 guns here to have the same alleged impact.

Data for those who care about actual facts:

http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/Weapons_and_Markets/Tools/Firearms_holdings/SAS-BP-Civilian-held-firearms-annexe.pdf

[Rinnwald]

Since US small arms ownership per capita is more than 4 times that of NZ, gov’t would have to buy over 200,000 guns here to have the same alleged impact.

And 70 times the "capita" (people). We're talking 140 million guns for the same effect in the U.S.