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Gun Policy News, 24 January 1998

New Zealand

24 January 1998

Evening Post (Wellington)

A Carterton man is returning his dead aunt's war medals in protest against the British Government's decision to ban pistol shooting. Neil Hayes sent the medals of his late aunt — Frances Hayes of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire — to British Prime-Minister Tony Blair with a letter stating his concern: Part of the letter reads: "As a state registered nurse, Frances Hayes served your country in two world wars and during the First World War was awarded the two enclosed... (GunPolicy.org)

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