Thousands of 'weapons' found in luggage

[HamiltonWest]

Thousands of 'weapons' found in luggage
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5606140/Th...ound-in-luggage

[chopper_nut]

The media trying desperatly to make a story out of nothing again.

[J7G]

In all the time I was at Auckland I never heard once of firearms being found at AvSec. I wonder, then, if these were BB/airsoft guns that have been seized, since under the Arms Act they're treated as firearms as far as misuse goes.

[Ian Warren]

Following ole Billy 'T' .. Che he he , were you fine these 'Thousands of 'weapons' Che he he ... N my 'lands for bags' of course ... were you fine your 'lands for bags' .... I stole it man .... Che he he ........ beep beep Che he he

[h290master]

I bet you the firearms seazed were people trying to import without enough paperwork to keep customs at bay or they didn't have their c or e cat endorsements altho i would lean towards not enough paperwork as i'm in the situation of trying to import some things myself

[J7G]

This is AvSec stuff so it's all outgoing and in the cabin.

[Bazza]

The got my wife's little swiss army knife.....does that count....?

[Airtrainer]

QUOTE (J7G @ Sep 14 2011,7:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

In all the time I was at Auckland I never heard once of firearms being found at AvSec. I wonder, then, if these were BB/airsoft guns that have been seized, since under the Arms Act they're treated as firearms as far as misuse goes.

In regards to the firearms I would say the following from the article is a key segment, also regards to the number of explosives:

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Puryer said items classified as "firearms" included parts such as rifle bolts and starter pistols.

Explosives had included fireworks[/quote]

[J7G]

I shouldn't skim read! AvSec once had a go at me for having a rifle scope in my carry on (because I didn't want to put it in checked baggage because I know how they treat bags). Then they accused me of having a pistol in there after seeing that :/

Then there was the torch...