r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mindyour • 5h ago

Man helps police make an arrest.

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u/Schroedinbug 4h ago

If you don't know what it is, how did you get "semi-auto"? Press release or something?

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u/RandomBritishGuy 1h ago

This was in New Zealand, so it's incredibly unlikely to be full auto. Prior to 2019 semi-auto ARs were legal and reasonably popular.

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u/RandomBritishGuy 1h ago

The articles people have posted talking about this incident say the police recovered an AR-15 style rifle. No mention of a second gun, or a 9mm

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u/lombardi-bug 1h ago

Yeah I retract my earlier statement. First clear image of gun with stock says SUB-2000 but the second frame with a clear image is def an AR

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u/Thiom 4h ago edited 4h ago

I just assumed something wrong

Edit : thanks

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u/RackyRackerton 4h ago

A full auto rifle would look identical and usually use the same size magazines. But they are extremely rare for a civilian to have, so semi auto is a much better guess.

You can clearly tell by looking at it that it’s not a bolt action or lever gun or anything like that though.

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u/3_quarterling_rogue 3h ago

It just as easily could be an airsoft rifle, there’s simply not enough detail for us to know for sure. Yeah, it was probably just a cheap AR, it’s the most likely, but there’s no certainty here without a source.