To read the headlines would be to weep for the death of sense and freedom in New Zealand. To do the math is to laugh for joy.
New Zealand’s first week of firearms buy-back successful: police
The first full week of New Zealand’s firearms buyback and amnesty, which aims to remove the most dangerous weapons from circulation, has produced a strong turnout as events roll out nationwide for the first time.“Momentum is slowly starting to build as community collection events are held across the entire country,” Police Minister Stuart Nash said in a statement after 25 public firearm collection events were held over the past week, including seven held on Sunday.
How successful? Of a rough estimated 1.5 million subject firearms (I’ve seen WAGs ranging from 1-2 million), they got 3,275 guns.
0.22% compliance. Oh, yeah; New Zealanders are just rushing to surrender their arms.
Lessee, that’s 25 turn-in events. I had previously noted that — based on the low-ball one million guns guess — that they needed to get 3,861 guns per event. I guesstimated that they got 338 at the first event, just 8.75% of the per event number they needed.
Their per-event average is now down to 131, or 3.4%. The “best” turn-in, in Auckland, got 405 guns; 10.5%.
I had seen reports that “reimbursement” could go as high as 95% of new value. This report says 70%. I’m sure that’s helping folks decide to blow them off. I wonder how much of that is malicious compliance, with owners turning in inoperable beaters.
Assuming the turn-in rate doesn’t continue to drop, it’s only going to take them 38 years to get all those guns.
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Let’s see, I would have turned in…..no guns. I had an old .22 Herter’s pistol that didn’t work. But it has sentimental value since I bought it in 1964. Then there was my uncle’s shotgun that didn’t work but I would remember him every time I looked at it.
There was an old Hi Power I had reblued but the guy screwed it up and it wasn’t safe to shoot since it fired when you let go of the trigger, not optimal. Everything else is a shooter, of sorts, since some are ancient that I hesitate(I won’t shoot)to use new ammo in. That’s about it. So I guess my number, if I lived in a communist state would still be zero.
I feel sorry for the people of NZ. That’s what you get for voting. You give up your rights to some psychopath or radical sociopath. We have plenty of it in Texas too. We just don’t comply. It’s a Cold Dead Hands sorta thing.
FYI a friend of mine just dug up a rifle we buried 8 years ago (in a tube) pulled it out and fires perfect, no rust either.
I wonder how the plumbing tubing business is doing in NZ?
I don’t remember where I saw it (might’ve even been a comment here), but it claimed building contractors actually were having a problem finding large diameter PVC.
Just think of the cost, to stage these events…
NZ$100 million just to “pay” for the guns. Then there’s admin overhead.
My Kiwi friends (Maori mostly but also white farmers) are loughing over Jusinda’s orders. They had, have, and are going to have guns, laws or no laws.