New Zealanders defy predictions and hold onto Military style semis
Only days before the final date set, of an estimated 170,000 military style semiautomatic firearms, only 47,486 have been turned in, according to Fair and Reasonable, an Ad Hoc group of target shooters, collectors, hunters, and farmers. That works out to a 28 percent compliance rate, far below what was expected of what most people think of as a staid, largely British Heritage populace. But New Zealanders have always been many of the British Empire’s most determined and fearless soldiers, famed as independent thinkers who hated discipline, not to mention that many have Maori heritage.