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Strypey | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 "To start, you need a permit to import firearms and any gun retailer needs to keep records of who they've sold gun to. However, if I then buy a gun and sell it to somebody else, I don't need to keep records of that transaction. All I need to say is that they showed me their firearms licence. This is called straw-buying, and it's how lots of firearms have ended up in criminal hands."

#JaredSavage, 2022

https://omny.fm/shows/the-front-page-1/fact-check-is-what-we-know-about-the-gang-problem

#podcasts #NZME #TheFrontPage #firearms #GunRegulation
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Strypey | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The lack of gun registry - until June 2024 this year - was a big part of why people were able to get guns so easily for committing violent crimes. ACT say want to crack down on organised crime. So why do they want to abolish the gun registry?

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/election-2023-national-act-disagree-on-firearms-guns-register/454PGIOQVNE5FK7ZBG2T5UH5TA/

Could it be that their crackdown on gangs isn't really about preventing violent crime?

#NZPolitics #Election2023 #ACT #policy
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c8cef0a1 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @58db300d 

Is he actually correct? 

When you sell you need to record details of the purchaser’s firearms license, not just shrug and #YOLO