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Re:New Zealand town with too many jobs offering packages of ... by yongjik on Sunday July 03, 2016 @08:01PM (#12028197)
> They some how manage to be more restrictive then where I currently live (New Jersey).

Considering NJ is a part of USA, that sounds a bit like saying that New Zealand manages to have higher mountains than Limburg, Netherlands (which is apparently the highest part of Netherlands with a whopping 322.7 m hill).

BTW, your link literally starts with: "About 230,000 licensed firearms owners own and use New Zealand's estimated 1.1 million firearms." That's supposed to be "nonsensical"?

Re:New Zealand town with too many jobs offering packages of ... by gravypod on Sunday July 03, 2016 @08:30PM (#12028294)
> Considering NJ is a part of USA, that sounds a bit like saying that New Zealand manages to have higher mountains than Limburg, Netherlands (which is apparently the highest part of Netherlands with a whopping 322.7 m hill).

That makes no sense. I don't understand this comparison.

I'm saying this because if I am going to move some place there needs to be a beneficial trade in outside factors that will make my life better. Moving to some place that will restrict me more will make my life worse. Therefor I will not move to such a place.

Even given this, I can still acknowledge things I would like to have in my living situation (cheap homes and land).

I don't see what you object to here.

> BTW, your link literally starts with: "About 230,000 licensed firearms owners own and use New Zealand's estimated 1.1 million firearms." That's supposed to be "nonsensical"?

It's not the amount of firearms that are important to me, it's the type.

Quantity != quality.

If there was a place with no firearms regulations and 0 firearms owned by the public, I'd not mind moving there! I'd buy the guns I want since there are no regulations.

The volume of guns owned isn't important at all. It's important instead to have freedom to buy guns I want to own with features that please me.

Re:New Zealand town with too many jobs offering packages of ... by peterashford on Monday July 04, 2016 @04:24AM (#12029440)
"The volume of guns owned isn't important at all. It's important instead to have freedom to buy guns I want to own with features that please me."

See, you want to have the freedom to buy whichever guns you want. I want the freedom to not have to live with people like you. "Features that please you" is a matter of novelty. Not being surrounded by nutters with guns is a matter of personal safety. I find the latter more important. Stay in NJ.

Re:New Zealand town with too many jobs offering packages of ... by gravypod on Monday July 04, 2016 @12:49PM (#12031732)
How am I a "nutter with guns"? What makes me a nutter? I find that fairly rude to be honest.

Please read this to understand my objections: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12028162

Re:New Zealand town with too many jobs offering packages of ... by yongjik on Monday July 04, 2016 @02:29PM (#12032207)
I wouldn't call you a "nutter", but when you call NZ's gun rules "nonsensical", I feel many New Zealanders would find it rather rude, too.
Re:New Zealand town with too many jobs offering packages of ... by gravypod on Monday July 04, 2016 @03:15PM (#12032469)
If you read my post that I link you will see my exact issues with the laws.

Nonsensical roughly means "having no meaning; making no sense." (from google's `define nonsensical` query)

The laws fit those criteria for me. They have no meaning in a safety context and they don't really make sense.

I would love to hear your opinions on my other post (linked in the comment you replied to).