{"id":5016,"date":"2010-11-29T01:19:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T01:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2010\/11\/29\/new-zealand-is-civilized-country\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:12:31","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:12:31","slug":"new-zealand-is-civilized-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=5016","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Is A Civilized Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:18614,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.atf.gov\\\/forms\\\/download\\\/atf-f-5320-4.pdf&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:18615,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.guncity.co.nz\\\/silencer-.22-economy-sound-moderator--xidp213702.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.guncity.co.nz\\\/silencer-.22-economy-sound-moderator--xidp213702.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:18616,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/olegvolk.livejournal.com\\\/922383.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/olegvolk.livejournal.com\\\/922383.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>In the United States if you want to own a sound suppressor (or silencer) for your .22 rifle or pistol, you must fill out an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atf.gov\/forms\/download\/atf-f-5320-4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ATF Form 4<\/a>, pay a $200 tax, submit both a picture and fingerprints, get the signature of the chief law enforcement official in the jurisdiction of your place of residence, undergo a background investigation, and then wait. This is in addition to the cost of the suppressor which, I understand, begins in the $200 range.<\/p>\n<p>In New Zealand, you drive on down to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guncity.co.nz\/silencer-.22-economy-sound-moderator--xidp213702.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gun City in Christchurch<\/a>, pay NZ$39.99 or about $29.91 in U.S. dollars, and walk out with your suppressor. As their ad says, &#8220;There are no age or licence restrictions on silencer sales.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/www.guncity.co_.nz_.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/www.guncity.co_.nz_.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;Of course, for the price you aren&#8217;t getting the top of the line suppressor. However, if you want a suppressor for plinking on your .22 rifle or pistol, it will work just fine.<\/p>\n<p>And your hearing is protected.<\/p>\n<p>It is utterly ridiculous that at a time when so-called environmental groups are suing the EPA over lead ammunition to &#8220;protect hunters&#8221; from airborne lead exposure among other things that a reasonable method of reducing &#8220;noise pollution&#8221; and protecting the hearing of shooters still requires a $200 tax stamp.<\/p>\n<p>H\/T <a href=\"http:\/\/olegvolk.livejournal.com\/922383.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oleg Volk<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the United States if you want to own a sound suppressor (or silencer) for your .22 rifle or&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[196],"class_list":["post-5016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-suppressors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5983,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5016\/revisions\/5983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}