TIME FOR ABOLITION
THE HAMMER SHOTGUN By Telegraph —Press Association WELLINGTON, January 16. The time had come for the old worn-out hammer shotgun to go by the board. It was time its importation was prevented, said the Minister of Internal Affairs to-day at the opening of the Centennial trapshooting tournament. It was obvious from the number of accidents with guns that the time had arrived to take some such steps, said Mr Parry. In the last 12 months for which he had figures there were 54 accidents with firearms, of which 26 were fatal. Gun clubs should give some consideration to the question of the hammer shotgun.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21554, 17 January 1940, Page 6
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107TIME FOR ABOLITION Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21554, 17 January 1940, Page 6
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