NZ bans semi-automatic and assault rifles after mass shooting

[Lacessit]

On 4/1/2019 at 8:33 PM, Yellowtail said:

 

I get it, you guys don't like guns and want to get rid of them. I like guns and I never think it is a good idea to punish everyone for the actions of a few a-holes. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry, you don't get it. I am not advocating getting rid of guns. I am advocating banning semi-automatic weapons.

Unfortunately, unless we can euthanase the a-holes at birth, they will continue on their chosen path. Australia has proved depriving them of access to semi-automatics limits their opportunities.

[Yellowtail]

20 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Sorry, you don't get it. I am not advocating getting rid of guns. I am advocating banning semi-automatic weapons.

Unfortunately, unless we can euthanase the a-holes at birth, they will continue on their chosen path. Australia has proved depriving them of access to semi-automatics limits their opportunities.

 

Would you just quit selling them or try to confiscate the ~100,000,000 that are out there? 

 

Semi-automatics have been around for over 100 years, but all the sudden they're the problem.

 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

16 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

 

Would you just quit selling them or try to confiscate the ~100,000,000 that are out there? 

 

Semi-automatics have been around for over 100 years, but all the sudden they're the problem.

 

 

Many have complained that it's all being rushed too much- oral submissions are being severely restricted. All points to certain people wanting to use the nation's outrage to get an agenda through.

If semi autos are bad news, they'll still be bad news after a longer process and can be banned then. This haste is unseemly and can only lead to bad legislation and unintended consequences.

I gave up my gun license long ago, so I'm not in the discussion for personal reasons, but I don't like the haste that is on display, when more discussion is required. The politicians, IMO, are indulging in their favourite activity of finding more things to criminalise the citizens with, perhaps because they think they'll get more money from fines to pursue their agenda.

[thaibeachlovers]

On ‎4‎/‎3‎/‎2019 at 3:43 AM, Lacessit said:

Sorry, you don't get it. I am not advocating getting rid of guns. I am advocating banning semi-automatic weapons.

Unfortunately, unless we can euthanase the a-holes at birth, they will continue on their chosen path. Australia has proved depriving them of access to semi-automatics limits their opportunities.

Is there some genetic test that can identify them so they can be euthanised at birth?

 

Lets be realistic. I have more chance of being beaten to death by some gang prospect than of being killed in a massacre using a semi auto, yet the gangs are in no danger of being eliminated.

I have way more chance of dying in a car being driven by some tailgating moron on NZ roads than of being killed by a semi auto rifle, yet the police do zero about tailgaters.

Etc.

Edited April 4, 2019 by thaibeachlovers

[Lacessit]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Is there some genetic test that can identify them so they can be euthanised at birth?

 

Lets be realistic. I have more chance of being beaten to death by some gang prospect than of being killed in a massacre using a semi auto, yet the gangs are in no danger of being eliminated.

I have way more chance of dying in a car being driven by some tailgating moron on NZ roads than of being killed by a semi auto rifle, yet the police do zero about tailgaters.

Etc.

Being realistic, I could start up a fishery with the number of red herrings available on TV.

When I've been in NZ, I've found vehicle drivers are very polite - much more so than Melbourne or Thailand. However, that has nothing to do with semi-automatics.

[thaibeachlovers]

10 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Being realistic, I could start up a fishery with the number of red herrings available on TV.

When I've been in NZ, I've found vehicle drivers are very polite - much more so than Melbourne or Thailand. However, that has nothing to do with semi-automatics.

You seem to have ignored my statement that I have more chance of being killed on the roads in NZ than by a semi auto weapon. If NZ drivers are as good as you claim it would seem the chance of being killed in a massacre are virtually zero, as indeed they are.

 

Edited April 4, 2019 by thaibeachlovers

[Lacessit]

1 minute ago, thaibeachlovers said:

You seem to have ignored my statement that I have more chance of being killed on the roads in NZ than by a semi auto weapon. If NZ drivers are as good as you claim it would seem the chance of being killed in a massacre are virtually zero, as indeed they are.

However, to hear them going on, it's like there are hundreds if not thousands of crazed semi auto wielding fanatics out there looking to kill as many of us as they possibly can. Somewhat OTT, IMO.

Consider visibility. If you get killed in a bar brawl or a road accident, the only media coverage you will get is a short paragraph or maybe an obituary. Kill 50 people with a semi-automatic, the news goes all over the world. See the difference?

[Lacessit]

3 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

IMO, the point is that if someone really wants to kill other people, there are many ways of doing so other than with semi auto weapons. 

Oh come on. That guy killed people who were basically defenseless. Different story if he tried it with a few able-bodied people.

Unless we all take to wearing Kevlar vests, tell me what defense one has against a semi-automatic in a crowd situation.

[Lacessit]

1 minute ago, thaibeachlovers said:

The guy in France that used a truck got loads of publicity all over the world. 

For reasons that I am not allowed to discuss, I shall not be continuing the discussion on this thread with you any further.

Understood.

[johnnykak]

nice! i don't think people need automatic weapons for self protection and they don't need them for hunting. get rid of them. personally i think anyone owning a gun should have an psyc evaluation before they are given a license. 

[johnnykak]

i have a better chance of being run over by a car than by a mass shooting lol. yea your really on it lol. i wonder how many people that guy in las vegas would of killed if he wasn't allowed to have automatic weapons? the comments on that one were pretty stupid- a lot of- if i was there i would of got my gun and ended it lol.

[Yellowtail]

7 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

This is quibbling. Semi-automatics are just as lethal as automatics, and moreover can be modified to full automatic.

Saying semi-automatics are just as lethal as automatics is like saying repeaters are just as lethal as semi-automatics. 

[Odysseus123]

14 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

This is quibbling. Semi-automatics are just as lethal as automatics, and moreover can be modified to full automatic.

Why do you bother?

 

Very few soldiers place their weapons on full auto for the very pragmatic reason that you use up a full mag with the same results..

 

An Australian or British soldier fires exactly the same number of rounds per minute"aimed fire" as does his historical counterpart in 1914.

 

These people are shambling numbnuts..quoting from internet tripe..

Edited April 4, 2019 by Odysseus123

[Lacessit]

3 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Tell me what defense one has against a revolver in a crowd situation?

 

McVeigh killed 168 with a truckload of fertilizer... 

 

 

A revolver has six shots. Then has to be reloaded. Semi-automatics have much larger magazines, because that's the whole point of a semi-automatic, no?

James Gargasoulas killed 6 people in Melbourne with a vehicle. We are ingenious at finding ways to kill one another.

Kindly add up the number of people killed in mass shootings in America since 1996, then add up deaths from other forms of mass murder in the civilized world.

Another poster has asked why I bother. Good question.

 

 

[4675636b596f75]

On 3/21/2019 at 9:46 AM, robblok said:

unlike other countries where they keep saying guns don't kill people.

Guns don't kill people.  Apparently, some transplanted Australians kill people.  They should have banned Australians.

[nausea]

Seems sensible, unless you're planning an insurrection. You don't need assault rifles for self-defence against your common criminal.

[yourauntbob]

In the US, there are around 10,000 - 15,000 homicides each year in which a gun is used.  Of those, the majority is gang violence

 

In the US, there are around 1,000,000 cases per year of a gun being used in self defense. (some estimates are as high as 3 million)

 

not sure i can link sources, but these numbers come from the government 

 

 

Edited April 4, 2019 by yourauntbob

[yourauntbob]

On 3/29/2019 at 6:01 PM, simple1 said:

Please cease this kind of post.

 

It is crystal clear the guy is a far right violent extremist. Apply just a few moments of comprehension - China is a strict authoritarian dictatorship which has detained millions of Chinese Muslims in 'educations camps', doesn't permit migration of foreigners. promotes replacing ethnic minorities with 'pure blood line' - Han Chinese. The guy played ultra Serb Christian nationalist (genocidal killers of Muslims) music just before his killing spree, used the language of the far right e.g. 'invaders'.

 

Eco fascist - background

 

"important aspects of it can be found in German National Socialism, one of whose central slogans was "Blood and Soil"

 

OK - enough of the attempted deflection for the killers ideology - thanks

Fascism is a form of socialism.  Its funny how the left now wants to say its a right wing ideology.  I understand that they are reading from government history books but it would be nice if they left their bubble every now and again.   

[metisdead]

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