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Re:New Zeland bans all military-style semi-automatic guns an... by LyndsySimon on Thursday March 21, 2019 @05:58PM (#19457781)
> increases the chances of someone seeing them and tipping off the cops

Based on my experience (in the US), almost no one outside of "firearms enthusiasts" is capable of distinguishing between legal and illegal configurations. In many cases, even those who do know the specific differences aren't in consensus on what is legal and what isn't.

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Re:New Zeland bans all military-style semi-automatic guns an... by ceejayoz on Thursday March 21, 2019 @06:03PM (#19457816)
Sure, because in the US an extremely wide variety of firearms are entirely legal. NZ is about to get quite limited in their permitted weapons.
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Re:New Zeland bans all military-style semi-automatic guns an... by LyndsySimon on Thursday March 21, 2019 @06:53PM (#19458159)
This is not my understanding, based on Kiwis I've been speaking to online.

An AR-15 is a Class E firearm - unless it has a thumbhole stock, no "bad" features, and 7-round magazines. In that case it's a Class A firearm.

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