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Guns In India Wednesday, 03 February 2010 10:08 |  Written by SSANZ |  |  | 
SSANZ comment – same old stories – we know better than you do, control criminals by restricting legal gun ownership, but with a new Asian twist – make it more difficult so you have to bribe someone to get a licence.
New groups mobilize as Indians embrace the right to bear arms By Rama Lakshmi Washington Post Foreign Service Monday, February 1, 2010 In the land of Mahatma Gandhi, Indian gun owners are coming out of the shadows for the first time to mobilize, U.S.-style, against proposed new curbs on bearing arms. Last Updated (Sunday, 04 April 2010 22:30)
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SSANZ Newsletter for December 2009Saturday, 02 January 2010 11:41 | Written by SSANZ | | |
Newsletter for December 2009
TV programme puts spotlight on police marksmanship and firearm safety.
A few weeks ago a short burst of media attention was focussed on the 1990 Aramoana incident as part of the build up for a TVNZ programme series about the AOS. Last Updated (Sunday, 04 April 2010 21:38)
SSANZ Newsletter for October 2009Saturday, 02 January 2010 11:37 | Written by SSANZ | | |
Newsletter published October 2009
Appearances, Perceptions and "Alice in Wonderland" laws The MSSA stock issue- continued; There is no doubt that the current NZ police attempt to gain more control over semi-automatic firearms through greater restrictions based on certain types of stocks and other purely cosmetic features is evidence of some very woolly and flawed thinking at the most senior levels of our police force. Last Updated (Sunday, 04 April 2010 21:37)
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SSANZ Newsletter for April 2009Saturday, 02 January 2010 11:31 | Written by SSANZ | | |
Newsletter for April 2009
Cadet Force Rifles
Cadet Rifle auction raises $200,000 and (hopefully) teaches NZ Govt and NZDF a timely lesson in basic economics.
Readers of NZ guns and hunting will have read our last newsletter setting out the saga of the (then imminent) heritage Cadet Force rifle auction in Wellington. These .22 calibre cadet training rifles (all of which were made in the 1940's and early 1950's) were Lee Enfield No 8's and the even rarer Lee Enfield No 9's (which are essentially a .22 conversion by Parker Hale of the standard .303 No 4 rifle) Last Updated (Sunday, 04 April 2010 21:38)
Facts not mythsWednesday, 30 December 2009 10:08 | Written by SSANZ | | |
Facts not myths In the last few months we have seen several press articles about firearms. Much of what has been published is either inaccurate or incorrect. We can’t expect newspapers to be experts on what is not particularly simple stuff, but their sources should know better. Just to set the record straight here’s some myths and facts. Last Updated (Sunday, 04 April 2010 21:38)
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