Tank Fixer wrote:

In article ,
on Fri, 23 Apr 2004 11:54:45 +1200,
Kerryn Offord attempted to say .....


This only applies to convicted felons.. nothing to stop someone who has
never been convicted from legally owning and carrying a firearm in the
course of his 'employment'... there might be problems if he is caught in
the act while armed... but maybe he shoots his way free and continue as
a non felon.



If someone wants to kill you what makes you think they have to have a gun to
do it ?


No reason, but in this thread its been suggested that the guy breaking
into your house is illegally carrying a weapon.....


Probably more people die from application of a blunt instrument than die
from firearms (lets restrict this to individual cases of murder, not the
rampages such as Rwanda... where machetes find a niche)