29-02-2024, 03:04 PM
It was a bit of a knee jerk reaction which ended up making alot of innocent owners get caught up in the whole thing unnecessarily.
For example, a crappy worn out 100 + year old pump action .22 with a 12 round magazine became illegal due to the rushed legislation. Most public are unaware of this fact and just assumed the likes of AK47 or AR15 type guns were banned when it extended to many more firearms than just semi auto centrefire.
Many people took advantage of the buyback and got good money for junk guns and bought something more powerful such as a brand new .22 magnum semi auto or a semi auto shotgun.
Looks like they are trying to make the legislation more workable I guess.
Needless to say, there are legitimate uses for such firearms, for example a .223 semi auto would be very useful for a farmer who is needing to control wild pigs or wallabies.
To make things worse, it appears that a number of gun owners are not up to date on the new legislation, going by what I've seen listed on trademe where buyers are pointing out in the q&a to the seller that the magazine needed modification before they can sell it.
For example, a crappy worn out 100 + year old pump action .22 with a 12 round magazine became illegal due to the rushed legislation. Most public are unaware of this fact and just assumed the likes of AK47 or AR15 type guns were banned when it extended to many more firearms than just semi auto centrefire.
Many people took advantage of the buyback and got good money for junk guns and bought something more powerful such as a brand new .22 magnum semi auto or a semi auto shotgun.
Looks like they are trying to make the legislation more workable I guess.
Needless to say, there are legitimate uses for such firearms, for example a .223 semi auto would be very useful for a farmer who is needing to control wild pigs or wallabies.
To make things worse, it appears that a number of gun owners are not up to date on the new legislation, going by what I've seen listed on trademe where buyers are pointing out in the q&a to the seller that the magazine needed modification before they can sell it.