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Auckland gunshop robber

2006 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

A 19 year old Auckland New Zealand man is in a comfortable condition in hospital after being shot by an attendant in an Auckland gunshop. The man shot went into the store armed with a machete and after being warned to put the weapon down several times by the occupiers was shot once in the stomach as he approached the armed attendant. The old adage "never take a knife to a gunfight" still lives on.

Yes he survived and won't get a Darwin but surely an honorable mention. NB

New Zealand has very strict laws on gun ownership and control. Any shooting by Public or Police is high profile here as we are essentially an unarmed society. Even the Police are not regulaly armed.

Submitted on 07/27/2006

Submitted by: Andrew O'Reilly
Reference: New Zealand Herald 28/07/06

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James said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
New info on the machete wielding whacko! I didn't know gun laws were that tight in NZ! This makes it more interesting...! I will let Darwin sort all this out!


Fitzroy said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
I did know about policies there, even to the point that fielding teams for certain Olympic events is complicated by bans on popular forms of sport shooting. Still, it is new information that Darwin may not already know. Also, I'd like to retroactively extend thanks to the last submission -- it lacked new info but was also appreciated, and I hit a button when I meant to activate the text box. *blush*


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