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# Duck Shooting Under Fire
- URL: https://goodoil.news/duck-shooting-under-fire/
- Published: 2019-09-19T01:00:57.000Z
- Updated: 2019-09-19T10:39:16.000Z
- Author: Juana Atkins
- Tags: Hunting & Fishing, NZ, Weapons, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:49

On Friday Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Police Minister Stuart Nash introduced to Parliament the latest round of firearms legislation changes. Meanwhile, a lobby group has launched a new campaign with the aim of dramatically **increasing** the restrictions on licensed firearms owners.

On their website, the lobby group ***Gun Control NZ*** are pushing the Government to:

1. Extend the ban on semi-automatic firearms to all semi-automatic .22s (even those that hold 10 rounds or less
2. Extend the ban on semi-automatic firearms to all semi-automatic shotguns (even those that hold 5 rounds or less).

What this means in real terms is that *[Gun Control NZ](http://www.guncontrol.nz/?ref=goodoil.news)*[ ](http://www.guncontrol.nz/?ref=goodoil.news)**is campaigning to ban all duck shooting involving semi-autos.**

> Even for those who can show a genuine need for these firearms (such as farmworkers, or clay target shooters with a disability) **the group want to limit ownership to one shotgun or one rifle in this category!**  
>  
> [Fair and Reasonable Campaign](https://www.fairandreasonable.co.nz/donate?utm%5Fcampaign=190916%5Fask%5Fgun%5Fcontrol%5F2&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fsource=fairandreasonable)

  
The primary spokesperson of the lobby group *Gun Control NZ* is an Otago University ‘public health’ academic who has a campaigning background. *Gun Control NZ* also has the backing of left-wing lobby group *ActionStation*, which receives government funding.

It is of concern that these anti-firearms zealots are trying to use the tragedy in Christchurch as a Trojan horse to further their ideological opposition to responsible use and enjoyment of firearms.