To compare stories of gun-grabber woes:

My son just completed an extensive data-collection process to comply with LAbour's gun-control grab that was snuck in under the guys (see what I did there) of Covid. This out of love for his sport (Air-powered 50m field, with super customized 6000 dollar rifles). And yes, during this mad time, the police came and took all his guns, but shamefacedly returned them the next day, because they were AIR-RIFLES. Son was pissed, because they scratched up a walnut piece, in their (armed) raid, because guns.

Anyway, the report took him nearly every weekend for six months to complete - with lengthy qualitative statements.

• You know - gotta control those dirty little shooting clubs, spreading germs and bullets everywhere.

ESPECIALLY the little clubs had to basically stop shooting, even only to not have to impose some weird masking and vaxxing rules etc. BUT ... to comply with the 'new range-rules' came the double whammy: In order to install a backstop, clubs were to tackle the collection of 300 shooting cards, to establish a baseline club-accuracy. The average spread was then to be re-calculated to 5 standard deviations to produce the radius of a legal backstop. Sounds like kind science doesn't it?.

NVM that peeps are standing outdoors on a range, plinking pellets, with not much more range further than the cards. The alternative was that the crazies wanted a kilometer of range behind the targets, or a hill, with lead-collection trays. So, hence the need to calculate a backstop.

So, Cindy was claiming the control of air-powered rifle-clubs (My son's neck of the woods would have half a dozen showing up, most of them to practice shooting for international competitions, and they would shoot very close to the centre of cards). After six months of work, the calculated legal backstop for his club turned out to be ridiculously small - similar to a hand-held targe, or an actual archery target - proving that the whole exercise was a load of codswollop. The club could have just built a Kiwi 'looks alright' timber backstop - it really would have been ample, legally speaking.

So to cut a long story short: The current government is gonna review all that, and hopefully air guns will be relieved of this nonsense. Praps my son's contribution will show 'em.

My son just completed an extensive data-collection process to comply with LAbour's gun control grab that was snuck in under the guys of Covid. This out of love for his sport (Air-powered 50m field, with super customized 6000 dollar rifles). And yes, during this mad time the police came and took all his guns, but shamefacedly returned them the next day, because they were AIR-RIFLES. Son was pissed, because they scratched up a walnut piece, in their (armed) raid, because you know, guns.

Anyway, the report took him nearly every weekend for six months to complete - with lengthy qualitative statements.

• You know - gotta control those dirty little shooting clubs, spreading germs everywhere. ESPECIALLY the little clubs had to basically stop shooting, even only to not have to impose some weird masking and vaxxing rules etc.

BUT ... to comply with the 'new range-rules' came the double whammy: In order to install a backstop, clubs were to tackle the collection of 300 shooting cards, to establish a baseline club-accuracy. The average spread was then re-calculated to 5 standard deviations to produce the radius of a legal backstop.

NVM that peeps are standing outdoors on a range, plinking pellets, with not much more range further than the cards. The alternative was that the crazies wanted a kilometer of range behind the targets, or a hill, with lead-collection trays. So, hence the need to calculate a backstop. On top of that, Cindy was claiming the control of air-powered rifle-clubs (My son's neck of the woods would have half a dozen showing up, most of them to practice shooting for international competitions, and they would shoot very close to the centre of cards). So, the calculated legal backstop for his club turned out to be ridiculously small - similar to a hand-held targe, or an actual archery target - proving that the whole exercise was a load of codswollop. The club could have just built a Kiwi 'looks alright' timber backstop - it really would have been ample, legally speaking. Six months work, and hassling all the members, for that.

So to cut a long story short: The current government is gunna review all that, and hopefully air guns will be relieved of this nonsense. Praps my son's contribution will show 'em.

My son just completed an extensive data-collection process to comply with LAbour's gun control grab that was snuck in under the guys of Covid. This out of love for his sport (Air-powered 50m field, with super customized 6000 dollar rifles). And yes, during this mad time the police came and took all his guns, but shamefacedly returned them the next day, because they were AIR-RIFLES. Son was pissed, because they scratched up a walnut piece, in their (armed) raid, because you know, guns.

Anyway, the report took him nearly every weekend for six months to complete - with lengthy qualitative statements.

• You know - gotta control those dirty little shooting clubs, spreading germs everywhere. ESPECIALLY the little clubs had to basically stop shooting, even only to not have to impose some weird masking and vaxxing rules etc.

BUT ... to comply with the 'new range-rules' came the double whammy: In order to install a backstop, clubs were to tackle the collection of 300 shooting cards, to establish a baseline club-accuracy. The average spread was then re-calculated to 5 standard deviations to produce the radius of a legal backstop.

NVM that peeps are standing outdoors on a range, plinking pellets, with not much more range further than the cards. The alternative was that the crazies wanted a kilometer of range behind the targets, or a hill, with lead-collection trays. So, hence the need to calculate a backstop. On top of that, Cindy was claiming the control of air-powered rifle-clubs (My son's neck of the woods would have half a dozen showing up, most of them to practice shooting for international competitions, and they would shoot very close to the centre of cards). So, the calculated legal backstop for his club turned out to be ridiculously small - similar to a hand-held targe, or an actual archery target - proving that the whole exercise, dreamed up by ideologues, was a load of codswollop. The club could have just built a Kiwi 'looks alright' timber backstop - it really would have been ample, legally speaking. Six months work, and hassling all the members, for that.

So to cut a long story short: The current government is gunna review all that, and hopefully air guns will be relieved of this nonsense. Praps my son's contribution will show 'em.

My son just completed an extensive data-collection process to comply with LAbour's gun control grab that was snuck in under the guys of Covid. This out of love for his sport (Air-powered 50m field, with super customized 6000 dollar rifles). The report took him nearly every weekend for six months to complete - with lengthy qualitative statements.

• You know - gotta control those dirty little shooting clubs, spreading germs everywhere. ESPECIALLY the little ones had to basically stop shooting, even only to not have to impose some weird masking and vaxxing rules etc.

BUT ... to comply with the 'new range-rules' came the double whammy: In order to install a backstop, clubs were to tackle the collection of 300 shooting cards, to establish a baseline club-accuracy. The average spread was then re-calculated to 5 standard deviations to produce the radius of a legal backstop.

NVM that peeps are standing outdoors on a range, plinking pellets, with not much more range further than the cards. The alternative was that the crazies wanted a kilometer of range behind the targets, or a hill, with lead-collection trays. So, hence the need to calculate a backstop. On top of that, Cindy was claiming the control of air-powered rifle-clubs (My son's neck of the woods would have half a dozen showing up, most of them to practice shooting for international competitions, and they would shoot very close to the centre of cards). So, the calculated legal backstop for his club turned out to be ridiculously small - similar to a hand-held targe, or an actual archery target - proving that the whole exercise, dreamed up by ideologues, was a load of codswollop. The club could have just built a Kiwi 'looks alright' timber backstop - it really would have been ample, legally speaking.

So to cut a long story short: The current government is gunna review all that, and hopefully air guns will be relieved of this nonsense. Praps my son's contribution will show 'em.