Darwin award nominee...

[BT]Monza · 27th July 2006, 12:30

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/st...ectID=10393278

Not sure if dead though, but robbing a gun shop with a machete?!?!

silva^ · 27th July 2006, 12:49

There must be gun nuts who hang out in that shop just WAITING for something like this to happen.

leadinjector · 27th July 2006, 12:50

i used to work just round the corner from that place. seriously dodgy looking characters going in and out, you would have to be some kind of insane to hold that place up

Waldo · 27th July 2006, 12:59

bwahha

Wolf-age · 27th July 2006, 13:20

Brilliant!

Hotstuff · 27th July 2006, 13:33

Wow.. I also used to work just around the corner from there, on Walls Rd. And I lived only 200m up the road.

Sure makes Auckland sound bad... I mean... how the hell can you be SHOT if you walk into a shop (admittedly carrying a machete is a bad idea in a gun shop, but still.. trigger-happy anyone?)

QWERTY? · 27th July 2006, 13:38

nah fuck that

if i owned the gun shop (or was a patron at the time) and scum came in with a machette provided he was threatening ide give him a blat, he was probably hopped up on P anyhow.

BadNova · 27th July 2006, 13:45

Don't bring a knife to a gun fight son...

TnT · 27th July 2006, 13:57

A friends father owns that place. He's a hardcase guy, I can just imagine the scene that went on in there.

TD · 27th July 2006, 14:00

I bet the guy who shot him ends up in jail longer than the machete wielding robber.

Simon · 27th July 2006, 14:09

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Police spokeswoman Noreen Hegarty added: "It would be reasonable to question why he went into the shop with a machete."

Reformed_Quint · 27th July 2006, 14:21

I'll be upset if the person who shot him gets any jail time. Unless of course he just blasted the guy with a machette for no reason :/

StN · 27th July 2006, 14:25

He was coming straight at him.

Odysseus · 27th July 2006, 14:30

I dunno why, but can't get the image of someone walking in to the shop and enacting out the scene from Pulp Fiction with the machete out the back room.

One of the customers says, "step aside Butch" and blam.

Butch's girlfriend in her beautiful purry voice: "It would be reasonable to question why he went in to the shop with a machete".

BassDemon · 27th July 2006, 14:43

Thats just up the road from work.

Really got to wonder why you would take a machete into a gun shop.
I guess he's got some sort of mental problem.

Noodles · 27th July 2006, 15:14

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Originally Posted by StN

He was coming straight at him.

Thin out the numbers!

H8^Machine · 27th July 2006, 15:53

He was in there to rob the place for a gun
If he had a gun, he wouldnt need to rob it would he...
So he had to rob it with something, and lord knows the next best thing to a gun is a big fuck off knife for your average Joe...
If he used his fists he wouldnt have a show in hell, but at least he wouldnt have been shot...
Tough choice....

BadNova · 27th July 2006, 15:56

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Originally Posted by H8^Machine

He was in there to rob the place for a gun
If he had a gun, he wouldnt need to rob it would he...
So he had to rob it with something, and lord knows the next best thing to a gun is a big fuck off knife for your average Joe...
If he used his fists he wouldnt have a show in hell, but at least he wouldnt have been shot...
Tough choice....

or he coulda got a job

H8^Machine · 27th July 2006, 15:59

I imagine he would have less chance getting a job than he did robbing the store...

DrTiTus · 27th July 2006, 16:01

Cool by association.

p-b · 27th July 2006, 16:04

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Originally Posted by StN

He was coming straight at him.

Guess it had been a while since he'd last shot off.

leadinjector · 27th July 2006, 16:12

apparently it was the store owner whodunit

H8^Machine · 27th July 2006, 16:16

Joe Public didnt have anything to lose, the dude wasnt in there to kill, just to get a gun(s).
If anyone was gonna do something about it, it's he who owns the guns...

leadinjector · 27th July 2006, 16:24

also i would be a bit nervous about customers wandering around my gunstore with a loaded weapon. this isnt america

Gentl e · 27th July 2006, 17:37

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Originally Posted by TnT

A friends father owns that place. He's a hardcase guy, I can just imagine the scene that went on in there.

Looks like it was the son that fired the shot - maybe a degree closer to you than you first thought?

TnT · 27th July 2006, 17:41

Nope my mistake, wrong shop, it's Serious Shooters my friends father owns.

leadinjector · 27th July 2006, 17:42

trying to distance yourself now eh TnT

THE MOLEMEN ARE COME FOR YOU

EvilLumpy · 27th July 2006, 17:48

Molemen? Nah it's just the pizza guy.

Gentl e · 27th July 2006, 17:53

Maybe he went into get an upgrade - "hey I got this, but need something a.. a little more.. well it just doesn't intimidate like it used to."

TnT · 27th July 2006, 17:54

I could go for a pizza right now

[BT]Monza · 27th July 2006, 18:31

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"If we had had tennis rackets in there we might have hit him with a tennis racket," Mr Carvell said.

Draco T Bastard · 27th July 2006, 19:21

Well, if the owner of the store was security conscious then the whole thing should be on video. I do question anyone in the store ligitimately having a loaded gun on them but it probably doesn't take long to load a gun these days.

Genesis · 27th July 2006, 19:32

Should of shot him in the head, going by the news coverage he looked like a real up-standing citizen.

Wouldn't surprise me in the least if the guy who defended himself was charged with attempted murder

edit: TD beat me to it.

leadinjector · 27th July 2006, 20:05

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Originally Posted by Draco T Bastard

Well, if the owner of the store was security conscious then the whole thing should be on video. I do question anyone in the store ligitimately having a loaded gun on them but it probably doesn't take long to load a gun these days.

im pretty sure its alright for a gun store owner to have a weapon isnt it? lawyers?

verve_rat · 27th July 2006, 20:51

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One of the people inside shot him in the stomach with a handgun.

IANAL, but I do thinks the only place you can have a hand gun is at a gun shop or in a gun club. And a loaded one? Only in a gun club. Any firearms licence holders want to confirm that for me?

And if you are saying that it is ok for a gun shop owner to have a gun under the till... um no. It maybe in a gun shop but it still has to be under lock and key. At least I hope so.

Edit: To make my point clear, this is not the States, if your shop is robbed, even if it is a gun shop, call the Police. A gun shop worker/owner/passer-by has no more right to shoot any one, or even wave a gun/bat/big fuck off knife around, than any other person.

Rangoon Attack · 27th July 2006, 20:55

you can keep hand guns at home

I think the biggest problem would be why there was a loaded gun in the shop.

Epox · 27th July 2006, 21:17

When I was thinking about getting my pistol liecence I think you had to leave it at a club for the first 6 months kind of like a probation period. As far as a loaded weapon goes thats a big no no but it doesn't that long to load a revolver (with a speedloader) or a semi because you aren't supposed to store the ammo together with the weapon IIRC but if you pick up your pistol from postion A and collect your ammo from position B put them both togther and bang no more threat.

TnT · 27th July 2006, 21:22

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Originally Posted by Rangoon Attack

I think the biggest problem would be why there was a loaded gun in the shop.

Shop floor demonstration model

Reformed_Quint · 27th July 2006, 21:26

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Originally Posted by verve_rat

Edit: To make my point clear, this is not the States, if your shop is robbed, even if it is a gun shop, call the Police. A gun shop worker/owner/passer-by has no more right to shoot any one, or even wave a gun/bat/big fuck off knife around, than any other person.

If he comes in and robs you for a gun, what do u think hes going to do once he has a gun? Put two and two together mate, hes not exactly going to go hunt for his dinner now is he.

Radian8 · 27th July 2006, 21:29

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Originally Posted by verve_rat

Edit: To make my point clear, this is not the States, if your shop is robbed, even if it is a gun shop, call the Police. A gun shop worker/owner/passer-by has no more right to shoot any one, or even wave a gun/bat/big fuck off knife around, than any other person.

It's kinda hard to call the police if you have been given a whack with a machette.
It's pretty fucking simple, it's self defense.

27th July 2006, 12:59	#4
Waldo Pornstar	bwahha __________________ Its Business time

27th July 2006, 14:30	#14
Odysseus Stray Dog	I dunno why, but can't get the image of someone walking in to the shop and enacting out the scene from Pulp Fiction with the machete out the back room. One of the customers says, "step aside Butch" and blam. Butch's girlfriend in her beautiful purry voice: "It would be reasonable to question why he went in to the shop with a machete". __________________ Omnis hominis insulas sunt Last edited by Odysseus : 27th July 2006 at 14:33.

27th July 2006, 16:01	#20
DrTiTus HENCE WHY FOREVER ALONE	Cool by association. __________________ Finger rolling rhythm, ride the horse one hand...

27th July 2006, 12:30	#1
[BT]Monza	Darwin award nominee... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/st...ectID=10393278 Not sure if dead though, but robbing a gun shop with a machete?!?!

27th July 2006, 12:49	#2
silva^	There must be gun nuts who hang out in that shop just WAITING for something like this to happen. __________________ Lumber - crushing people is its reward.

27th July 2006, 12:50	#3
leadinjector	i used to work just round the corner from that place. seriously dodgy looking characters going in and out, you would have to be some kind of insane to hold that place up

27th July 2006, 13:20	#5
Wolf-age	Brilliant! __________________ Nose to the wind

27th July 2006, 13:33	#6
Hotstuff	Wow.. I also used to work just around the corner from there, on Walls Rd. And I lived only 200m up the road. Sure makes Auckland sound bad... I mean... how the hell can you be SHOT if you walk into a shop (admittedly carrying a machete is a bad idea in a gun shop, but still.. trigger-happy anyone?)

27th July 2006, 13:38	#7
QWERTY?	nah fuck that if i owned the gun shop (or was a patron at the time) and scum came in with a machette provided he was threatening ide give him a blat, he was probably hopped up on P anyhow. __________________ please discontinue your lies.

27th July 2006, 13:45	#8
BadNova	Don't bring a knife to a gun fight son...

27th July 2006, 13:57	#9
TnT	A friends father owns that place. He's a hardcase guy, I can just imagine the scene that went on in there.

27th July 2006, 14:00	#10
TD Anas Latrina	I bet the guy who shot him ends up in jail longer than the machete wielding robber.

27th July 2006, 14:21	#12
Reformed_Quint	I'll be upset if the person who shot him gets any jail time. Unless of course he just blasted the guy with a machette for no reason :/

27th July 2006, 14:25	#13
StN I have detailed files	He was coming straight at him.

27th July 2006, 14:43	#15
BassDemon	Thats just up the road from work. Really got to wonder why you would take a machete into a gun shop. I guess he's got some sort of mental problem.

27th July 2006, 15:53	#17
H8^Machine	He was in there to rob the place for a gun If he had a gun, he wouldnt need to rob it would he... So he had to rob it with something, and lord knows the next best thing to a gun is a big fuck off knife for your average Joe... If he used his fists he wouldnt have a show in hell, but at least he wouldnt have been shot... Tough choice....

27th July 2006, 15:59	#19
H8^Machine	I imagine he would have less chance getting a job than he did robbing the store...

27th July 2006, 16:12	#22
leadinjector	apparently it was the store owner whodunit

27th July 2006, 16:16	#23
H8^Machine	Joe Public didnt have anything to lose, the dude wasnt in there to kill, just to get a gun(s). If anyone was gonna do something about it, it's he who owns the guns...

27th July 2006, 16:24	#24
leadinjector	also i would be a bit nervous about customers wandering around my gunstore with a loaded weapon. this isnt america

27th July 2006, 17:41	#26
TnT	Nope my mistake, wrong shop, it's Serious Shooters my friends father owns.

27th July 2006, 17:42	#27
leadinjector	trying to distance yourself now eh TnT THE MOLEMEN ARE COME FOR YOU

27th July 2006, 17:48	#28
EvilLumpy	Molemen? Nah it's just the pizza guy.

27th July 2006, 17:53	#29
Gentl e	Maybe he went into get an upgrade - "hey I got this, but need something a.. a little more.. well it just doesn't intimidate like it used to."

27th July 2006, 19:21	#32
Draco T Bastard	Well, if the owner of the store was security conscious then the whole thing should be on video. I do question anyone in the store ligitimately having a loaded gun on them but it probably doesn't take long to load a gun these days. __________________ Cheers Draco T Bastard

27th July 2006, 19:32	#33
Genesis	Should of shot him in the head, going by the news coverage he looked like a real up-standing citizen. Wouldn't surprise me in the least if the guy who defended himself was charged with attempted murder edit: TD beat me to it. Last edited by Genesis : 27th July 2006 at 19:36.

27th July 2006, 20:55	#36
Rangoon Attack	you can keep hand guns at home I think the biggest problem would be why there was a loaded gun in the shop.

27th July 2006, 21:17	#37
Epox	When I was thinking about getting my pistol liecence I think you had to leave it at a club for the first 6 months kind of like a probation period. As far as a loaded weapon goes thats a big no no but it doesn't that long to load a revolver (with a speedloader) or a semi because you aren't supposed to store the ammo together with the weapon IIRC but if you pick up your pistol from postion A and collect your ammo from position B put them both togther and bang no more threat.