http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2400963 … dy-removed
There are a bunch of links & videos explaining the story here.
A man who is a former territorial soldier(army reserves) and bodybuilder came home to find three cops searching his house under warrant for his small crop of cannabis plants. He flipped out, grabbed a gun, shot the three cops and one neighbour, killing one cop and hospitalising the other three victims. A 50+ hour seige of his house followed, involving 100-150 cops, all of whom were armed with rifles of various types, the STG (Special Tactics Group - they're not quite SAS but are pretty fucking hardcore), and two army LAVs, each armed with two 7.62mm MGs and one 25mm cannon. The property was not stormed as it was feared that he had rigged it with explosives.
The video in this link contains footage of an exchange between the cops and the guy, starting at ~2:40
http://www.3news.co.nz/Video/Napier-gun … aspx#video
NZ law requires that you obtain a firearms lisence in order to operate firearms. A-category for hunting rifles, B endorsement for pistols, C collector, D dealer and a seperate E category lisence for military-style arms, and firearms carrying more than 7 rounds (15 rounds for rimfire .22). Anything other than an A-cat is extremely difficult to get, you must have a legitimate reason and must pass a shitload of background and psychological checks. When firearms of any type change hands, both parties in the exchange must verify that they have the correct lisence type/endorsement.
This guy did not have a valid firearms lisence, yet had around 40 firearms, including an L1A1 SLR (FN FAL), two AKs, pistols, a sniper rifle and other assorted rifles/shotguns, not to mention literally thousands of rounds and at least one drum magazine (pictured, presumably for the AKs). The police have yet to locate all of his arsenal, but it is known there are at least two caches of 18-20 guns each, in two rooms. Nobody except his friends knew that he had this many guns.
We have strict gun laws and unlike the US & Europe we have the benefit of geographic isolation, yet this guy was able to amass enough guns & ammo to outfit an entire platoon of soldiers. What does this prove? Strict gun control measures/laws & solid border controls do not stop criminals from obtaining firearms.
There are a bunch of links & videos explaining the story here.
A man who is a former territorial soldier(army reserves) and bodybuilder came home to find three cops searching his house under warrant for his small crop of cannabis plants. He flipped out, grabbed a gun, shot the three cops and one neighbour, killing one cop and hospitalising the other three victims. A 50+ hour seige of his house followed, involving 100-150 cops, all of whom were armed with rifles of various types, the STG (Special Tactics Group - they're not quite SAS but are pretty fucking hardcore), and two army LAVs, each armed with two 7.62mm MGs and one 25mm cannon. The property was not stormed as it was feared that he had rigged it with explosives.
The video in this link contains footage of an exchange between the cops and the guy, starting at ~2:40
http://www.3news.co.nz/Video/Napier-gun … aspx#video
NZ law requires that you obtain a firearms lisence in order to operate firearms. A-category for hunting rifles, B endorsement for pistols, C collector, D dealer and a seperate E category lisence for military-style arms, and firearms carrying more than 7 rounds (15 rounds for rimfire .22). Anything other than an A-cat is extremely difficult to get, you must have a legitimate reason and must pass a shitload of background and psychological checks. When firearms of any type change hands, both parties in the exchange must verify that they have the correct lisence type/endorsement.
This guy did not have a valid firearms lisence, yet had around 40 firearms, including an L1A1 SLR (FN FAL), two AKs, pistols, a sniper rifle and other assorted rifles/shotguns, not to mention literally thousands of rounds and at least one drum magazine (pictured, presumably for the AKs). The police have yet to locate all of his arsenal, but it is known there are at least two caches of 18-20 guns each, in two rooms. Nobody except his friends knew that he had this many guns.
We have strict gun laws and unlike the US & Europe we have the benefit of geographic isolation, yet this guy was able to amass enough guns & ammo to outfit an entire platoon of soldiers. What does this prove? Strict gun control measures/laws & solid border controls do not stop criminals from obtaining firearms.
