In the 1920s, probably not trusting returned servicemen to get pissed and also have guns, they enacted an updated gun law. This required registration of guns, permits, and a crackdown on handguns. And this was also ignored for the next few decades; something shown to be glaringly true when the Police audited the firearms register and found it almost entirely inaccurate. It was a time of little crime and violence in New Zealand.
In 1983 the Arms Act was introduced; the intention was to vet owners of guns rather than the guns themselves. Other measures to (ahem) ‘keep everyone safe’ were also included. Like good little unthinking slaves, the general public nodded their heads and assumed they were indeed being protected from gun crime. Which then promptly rose exponentially. A one-off tragedy in Aramoana inexplicably led to some foolishness; a newly elected government felt it was a chance to show how incredibly important they were so they enacted restrictive gun laws – to keep everyone safe. Phew!
Other one-off tragedies in other parts of the world (Port Arthur in Australia, and Dunblane, Scotland) saw some idiot judge engage in infantile hand-wringing; the Thorp Report; and subsequent legislation was enacted further restricting gun ownership in New Zealand. But now we were even safer don-cha-know! Phew!
In 2019 yet another one-off (undertaken by a foreigner against, well, other foreigners) led to Jacinda Ardern’s Christmases coming at once and she decided to protect the general public once and for all. There was a campaign to hand in guns which all sorts of weak, feeble slaves dutifully did. To keep us really safe; and I mean really, really safe, comrades! Phew! The only dissenting voice was David Seymour (taking time out from his campaign to murder babies and grannies). Needless to say, gun crime soared – to its highest in New Zealand history – but at least we’re all “safe” now (goddammit!); our weekly chocolate ration increasing from 30 g to 20 g, so to speak.
Whilst all this was taking place, all the way back to the 1983 legislation, there was one (ahem) lonely voice. One person (ahem) kept suggesting we adopt American-style gun laws whereby everyone without a felony conviction can own guns at their house, and about their person if they so wish. Something that would ‘actually’ keep people safe from gun-toting criminals. It goes without saying everyone – without exception – I’ve suggested this to has viewed such a proposal with horror; the result of a lifetime of anaesthetisation against “thinking”, and indoctrination to obey “Government” and accept that every government diktat (from speed limits to vaccinations to health and safety laws) automatically “protects” them.
And so to Sunday night and a dead body lying on the pavement of Ponsonby road.
I don’t know the victim; they never heard me calling for abolishing gun laws and allowing concealed carry; never expressed horror at such suggestions. Then there was that two seconds when their life flashed before them but they couldn’t defend themselves. A lifetime of simply relying on Jacinda Ardern and the Police to keep them “safe” failed them.
Capitalist is a simple country boy from the deep south who seeks nothing less than the destruction of socialism and collectivism in New Zealand. This article was first published HERE
In 1983 the Arms Act was introduced; the intention was to vet owners of guns rather than the guns themselves. Other measures to (ahem) ‘keep everyone safe’ were also included. Like good little unthinking slaves, the general public nodded their heads and assumed they were indeed being protected from gun crime. Which then promptly rose exponentially. A one-off tragedy in Aramoana inexplicably led to some foolishness; a newly elected government felt it was a chance to show how incredibly important they were so they enacted restrictive gun laws – to keep everyone safe. Phew!
Other one-off tragedies in other parts of the world (Port Arthur in Australia, and Dunblane, Scotland) saw some idiot judge engage in infantile hand-wringing; the Thorp Report; and subsequent legislation was enacted further restricting gun ownership in New Zealand. But now we were even safer don-cha-know! Phew!
In 2019 yet another one-off (undertaken by a foreigner against, well, other foreigners) led to Jacinda Ardern’s Christmases coming at once and she decided to protect the general public once and for all. There was a campaign to hand in guns which all sorts of weak, feeble slaves dutifully did. To keep us really safe; and I mean really, really safe, comrades! Phew! The only dissenting voice was David Seymour (taking time out from his campaign to murder babies and grannies). Needless to say, gun crime soared – to its highest in New Zealand history – but at least we’re all “safe” now (goddammit!); our weekly chocolate ration increasing from 30 g to 20 g, so to speak.
Whilst all this was taking place, all the way back to the 1983 legislation, there was one (ahem) lonely voice. One person (ahem) kept suggesting we adopt American-style gun laws whereby everyone without a felony conviction can own guns at their house, and about their person if they so wish. Something that would ‘actually’ keep people safe from gun-toting criminals. It goes without saying everyone – without exception – I’ve suggested this to has viewed such a proposal with horror; the result of a lifetime of anaesthetisation against “thinking”, and indoctrination to obey “Government” and accept that every government diktat (from speed limits to vaccinations to health and safety laws) automatically “protects” them.
And so to Sunday night and a dead body lying on the pavement of Ponsonby road.
I don’t know the victim; they never heard me calling for abolishing gun laws and allowing concealed carry; never expressed horror at such suggestions. Then there was that two seconds when their life flashed before them but they couldn’t defend themselves. A lifetime of simply relying on Jacinda Ardern and the Police to keep them “safe” failed them.
Capitalist is a simple country boy from the deep south who seeks nothing less than the destruction of socialism and collectivism in New Zealand. This article was first published HERE
7 comments:
Where were the gun laws in the 1820s when uncontrolled utu, murder, and cannibalism accounted for about 45,000 deaths by one race ?
In reality, it's still going on 200 years later.
A perfect and accurate summary.
We have never felt so 'safe'
Hang on a minute, what about knifes? we should have a register of all knifes or a special permit to own one.
Assuming one passes stringent vetting and can demonstrate they have locks on all cutlery drawers.
Now I feel even safer.
My leftie friends keep telling me that ' Jacinda has good intentions'. I'm unsure if this is true or not. One thing I can tell you is even if I gave ardern benefit of doubt pretty much if she actually did have good intentions if she did the exact opposite of what she thought was correct we would be in a much much better position as a country. Fact!
Yep. Just one measure of how the public have been very poorly served by politicians over the years. To think that if one awakes in the night to face an intruder in one's home, the use of a firearm against said shitbag would result in one being in more legal strife than the F*ng intruder! Welcome to the mythical Aotearoa folks. The land of the idiots.
I'm from the government, and I'm here to keep you safe. Trust us, we are here to help?
So who is the real threat to our inalienable rights?
An amusing and insightful comment Hazel. I am a former SAS and Artillery officer with 3 active service campaigns under my belt. I strongly support a 2 year Singapore style national service requirement for all fit youths 18-20 yrs, for the reasons you suggest. And a much longer course for those boys of a more tender age, who seem destined to be the next generation’s permanent prison population. Prevention is much superior to reaction. But, sigh, the rot is much too deep for any practical approach to be implemented now.
Well one thing that occurs in America that I dont want replicated here is the number of children who accidentally kill themselves by playing with guns they find in their homes. That alone is enough for me to support the continued restrictions of guns here in NZ. We still have far less gun violence than the US. Most gun violence here is not home invasions in which the victim would have been able to defend themselves if they were armed. Its mostly gang stuff that the average person is never exposed to and wouldn't be reduced by changing the gun laws anyway.
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