[Bill Douglas]

The New Zealand police arms officer said the Australian law change and "buy back" scheme only returned about 10% of the guns they think are out there.

I don't know what our NZ stat's are but the home depot type places ran out of moisture proof PVC pipe and fittings (for burying and hiding illegal AR15's) in two days.

Me having a hand gun and collector (may own browning machine guns, Uzi's etc) licence I stayed clean and did the buy back thing.

In this country you can buy the uppers or pistol barrels etc over the internet - no questions asked. But the bit (frame) with the serial number is registered against your name and you better have the right licence for it.