A good article on this topic appears on Answers.com, at http://www.answers.com/topic/gun-law?cat=travel (the source is Wikipedia). According to the piece, gun law is covered by the 1983 Arms Act and the 1992 Arms Regulations which require a person to obtain a firearms license for the right to use / own firearms. The weapons covered are sporting rifles, shotguns and ammunition. There's also a requisite test on 'safe and responsible firearms use, ownership, and storage'. Dealers & collectors+ ownership of semi-automatic guns require a special license.
To possess guns in New Zealand you must be a licensed firearms owner. This is known as having a firearms licence or gun licence. You must be over 16 years of age.
Air guns do not require a firearms licence unless you are 16 or 17 years of age.
There are several categories of firearms licence:
This can have additional endorsements:
Pistols, military style semi-automatics and automatic firearms have tight restrictions on their use and possession.
To obtain a firearms license, you must pay an application fee, and then apply in person submitting the required form and photograph to the Arms Officer of the local Police Station.
Two referees are required, one must be your spouse if you have one, or your next of kin. The other must be someone over the age of 20 years who knows you well and who is not related to you.
You and your referees will all be interviewed separately, and your proposed firearms storage will be checked.
If there are no issues you will attend a firearms safety lecture and sit a written test on the New Zealand Arms Code.
If you pass this test your license will be issued.
The endorsements are based on many different functionalities and cosmetic features:
B Endorsement: Approved Sporting type pistols and revolvers:
E endorsement: MSSA (Military Style Semi-Automatic/Assault weapons):
C Endorsement: Collectors licence
D Endorsement: Dealers
F-Endorsement: Performance
Don't murder people or rob banks with them.
Contact a local gun dealer.
From the fact that you don't know that a US site would advertise in and expect you to pay in US dollars, you obvoiusly don't know how hard it is to get firearms out of America.
The current gun laws in Sweden are strict. Only competition shooters, hunters and some collectors are allowed to own functional firearms. You even need a licence to keep a deactivated firearm.
From My understanding New Zealand has some strict gun laws when it comes to the PCP class of air guns. See the link below. I do not think you can have it shipped directly to you. In fact, Amazon has most likely dealt with this situation before. I believe you should check with an ARMS Officer before you place an order. It's best to be safe rather than deal with a problem after the fact. BTW I own both the Marauder rifle (.25 cal) and the pistol (.22 Cal) and I can say they are extremely wonderful to shoot. Fortunately for me I live in California and we have no restrictions on PCP class air guns.
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In New Zealand you have to be 18 to own a gun licence.
That depend on the laws regarding the carrying of guns in your particular area, and what you were doing with it.
You will need to consult with a lawyer familiar with CO gun laws for a current, correct and legal answer
New Mexico's gun laws are pretty lenient. New Mexico does not require a hand gun to be licensed or registered.
You must be at least 18.
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Contact a local gun dealer.
Thorough knowledge of all federal, state and local laws regarding firearms sales.
You need to contact your local police to see if there are any local laws regarding this.
Your question asks for an opinion. My opinion is that gun control laws are based on a flawed belief that a person who will break laws regarding murder, robbery and rape will obey another law that says they may not have a gun. There are already about 20,000 Federal, State, and local gun laws on the books in the US. Gun control laws frequently do little except keep law abiding people from being able to defend themselves.
Contact a local gun dealer.
In Baltimore, Maryland when you have a gun in your possession you can get in trouble, unless it is registered to you. If you have a gun in your possession and it is not yours, you can be charged, fined, and even given jail time. Depending on if you have a background or not, how lenient they would be with you.