In-the-gun collector moves on

[Boots]

Gun collector John Noel Mabey is moving on with his life back on the Coromandel Peninsula.

The Waikato Times revealed on Friday that one of Mabey's missing gun collection – a handgun – was used in last month's shooting of South Auckland Constable Jeremy Snow.

Mabey was sentenced to 21 months' prison in December 2008 on a representative charge of selling firearms to unlicensed people.

He was released from prison in October last year.

A family friend told the Times Mabey was now making positive moves with his life and was keen to move on from the harrowing past couple of years.

She said Mabey was working as a contractor and living on the Coromandel.

Mabey continued to claim that he was the victim of a burglary and denied police claims he was selling his weapons for easy cash to settle a property development debt, the woman said..

The incident had "shattered" the lives of Mabey's mother and his two teenage daughters.

I bet this last incident has shattered the lives of Snow's family too.


The damage Mabey, and others who have sold guns to criminals, have done to the cause of legal firearms ownership is immense.

The guns he sold to criminals will be turning up in crimes for years. This is the second time guns from him have been used against Police. Fat c**t.


Boots

[gian_strabo]

Agreed. 21 months is nowhere near long enough for putting the NZ public at risk. Should have been 21 years ffs.

[V1coy68]

Contracting?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! WTF that fat prick broke a sweat just holding his auction card up at Teds auctions!!!! I doubt he could work a day as a contractor!! He should have to go inside everytime one of his firearms is used in a crime!! Make it come back to haunt him like it will the many more innocent people who are going to get hurt or killed from his greed

[JayDee]

... next we will hear he is re-applyiong for his Firearms Licence ...

I mean to say - Dec 2008 to Oct 2009 is only 10 months in prison ... so his 'offences' are not considered too seriously by the Judiciary!

[Littledog]

Make the prick have to meet with Constable Snow and his family and show him the effect his stupidy has cost, whats the running total of his firearms now been involved in hold ups, shootings or seized by Police from other crimes or searches.
Im dumbfounded at the sentence he was given.

However its nice to know he has now moved on with his life-jolly good for him!!!wonder if the victims of his "stolen" firearms have.

Cheers.

[mde]

Has anyone done the calculation of the money he made from selling his collection compared to the time he served in jail? I expect that it was more than he may have earned in a comparable period, if so the sentence has zero deterence in stopping other people doing something similar.

[allister]

Like i have said before..
give him the same sentance as the person that shot constable Snow. and so on and so on.