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Ian D - as an ORC ratepayer, I can safely say that ALL my rate monies that are devoted to The Awatea Bloody Useless Putative Stadium are
WASTED-
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Rich of Oservationz - having skillfully avoided any comment on my comment - let me ask you a question: have you any idea at all how many guns came into ANZ after the 2 major wars our service-people were involved in? Or the 3 (minor - only to those not involved) ones? You will note I own 2 heirloom guns: there are literally 1000s & 1000s of these weapons/tools out there - most held benignly. There is *no* way your greatuncle is going to say, "O look, I've got a Luger in the roof. Bit of ammo too" and go through the legal hoops.It falls upon the families to do something about this sort of stuff after greatuncle has died.
Registration of individual firearms does NOT work.
And kindly dont tell registered gun-licenced owners how the system works. We do actually know, and rather despise your kind of comments. -
little p, are you seriously equating the USA prohibition against alcohol era with current conditions in ANZ?
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Rich of Observationz - you very obviously dont live in a modern remote area-
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nz native:
I am in agreement that
a)a limited amount of cannabis could be grown - or possessed - for personal use.
b)an awful lot of valuable police time is taken up with trying to block or curtail small-time users or growers.Note: I dont think a 'garage-ful' of cannabis is smalltime or for personal use.
Note: most people cant be bothered producing their own cannabis (how many alcohol-drinkers produce their own booze?) so purchase the stuff. This brings us to suppliers.Who are - very frequently- allied, reluctantly or deliberately, to various gangs. Or, if free-lance, vulnerable to gang standover tactics.
Which is no fukking excuse whatsoever for Molenaar's outrageous crime. (It wasnt just Senior Constable Snee's death - it was 2 other
police officers, and a civilian, who were very seriously wounded.)I would maintain that people who engage in growing-for-supply are well aware of the risks, and just hope things wont happen to them. Bad cess. Things will.
I would support decriminilisation of my 1st two points.
For the record, I have smoked cannabis twice in my life: once in Hawai'i - in my pipe. Because I have never inhaled tobacco - or cannabis- smoke, it was a nothing experience. Once with my lamented friend Robin Morrison - he toking, me, smoking my pipe.
I realised Robin was extremely ill then (he died the following year) & I thought my sort-of joining him would be a comfort.I love coffee, occaisional cigars or a pipe (4-5 times a month); chocolate, single malts, & good wine. They're drugs. I'm sweet with that. And for those who enjoy a bit of cannabis now & then - why not.
But to use this whole incredible (& paranoid) "prohibition" thing as an explanation - and *excuse*- for what happened in Napier last week, is sick.
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A S - heh! Am onsending that to the big redhaired nevvie!
Bruce Thorpe: frankly no. You have read that into what I wrote. I was listing my collections -which could be described as 'arsenals' by journalists- as a way of showing why I am uneasy about the *term*, 'arsenal.'
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Not trying hard at all, let alone too hard Bruce Thorpe: I was listing my guns & rifles.
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Bruce Thorpe - because I live in an area with a more-than-usually endangered species of kiwi, locals are provided with stoat TRAPS if requested. Only way of dealing to the little horrors (yep, I know beautiful little predators - in their place of origin.) You ever tried running over the little fukkers?
Same with rats: no sane local would ever try to shoot rats. We poison & trap them.
Shooting possums works very well for local area control: possums are quite territorial, and killing the ones predating your fruit trees produces a lull in the predation. Trust me. I've been doing it for for 35 years.
GINGERS? Some of my well-loved whanau are gingas! What *are* you suggesting?
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(Drat! I've been sussed!)
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Matthew Poole - well, the local constable knows where I live...and who knows? The starlings & rabbits - and possums! - may be v. grateful :)
Sofie- I'd call it a rather usual set of equipment* for rural dwellers-
*except for the edged stuff. Maybe.