{"id":2492805,"date":"2025-09-30T10:35:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T14:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-zealand-destroys-3d-printed-guns-patel-gifted-to-security-officials\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T10:35:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T14:35:57","slug":"new-zealand-destroys-3d-printed-guns-patel-gifted-to-security-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-zealand-destroys-3d-printed-guns-patel-gifted-to-security-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand destroys 3D-printed guns Patel gifted to security officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-zealand-destroys-3d-printed-guns-patel-gifted-to-security-officials%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2492805&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that New Zealand authorities destroyed several plastic 3D-printed guns that FBI Director Kash Patel had gifted to the country&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walsh-as-the-world-burns-our-military-focuses-on-promoting-diversity-and-inclusion\/\" title=\"WALSH: As The World Burns, Our Military Focuses On Promoting Diversity And Inclusion\u00a0\">top law enforcement officials<\/a> during his visit to Wellington in July. Patel, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-crisis-gets-zero-coverage-on-cnn-msnbcs-top-shows\/\" title=\"Border Crisis Gets Zero Coverage on CNN, MSNBC\u2019s Top Shows\">highest-ranking official<\/a> from the Trump administration to visit New Zealand during that term, presented these gifts, which included &#8220;challenge coin display stands&#8221; designed with plastic guns, to officials such as New Zealand&#8217;s Police Commissioner Richard Chambers, the Director-General of the Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS), and the Director-General of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB). <\/p>\n<p>New Zealand has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-appeals-court-unanimously-strikes-down-local-gun-control-law\/\" title=\"Washington Appeals Court Unanimously Strikes Down Local Gun-Control\u00a0Law\">strict gun laws<\/a> that prohibit non-functional guns or parts that could theoretically be made functional. The authorities determined that the plastic pistols included in Patel&#8217;s gifts could potentially be rendered operable,leading to thier confiscation and destruction to ensure compliance with firearms laws. The FBI declined to comment on the incident, and New Zealand Police did not immediately respond to requests for comment. patel&#8217;s visit included meetings with several New Zealand officials, emphasizing cooperation on security and national defense, especially concerning countering threats from China and cybercrime. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">New Zealand destroys 3D-printed guns Patel gifted to security officials<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2360457\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/New-Zealand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Zealand<\/a>&lsquo;s gun regulators have destroyed several plastic, 3D-printed guns that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/FBI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FBI<\/a> Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kash-patel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kash Patel<\/a> gave the country&rsquo;s top law enforcement officials as part of a gift in July.<\/p>\n<p>Patel visited Wellington to open a standalone FBI field office in the New Zealand capital city in July as the highest-ranking Trump administration official to visit the country this term. As he met with the country&rsquo;s top law enforcement officials, he gave each official &ldquo;a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >challenge coin display stand&#038;rdquo<\/a>; that included a plastic gun in the design, a spokesperson for New Zealand&rsquo;s Security Intelligence Service and Government Communications Security Bureau told the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kash-patel-guns-new-zealand-fbi-d5747377f957d61645d47324bfaa1114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Associated Press<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3830072\/trump-hamas-gaza-plan-peace-proposal\/\">Trump will give Hamas &#8216;three or four days&#8217; to respond to Gaza plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3830040\/watch-live-jeffries-speaks-about-government-shut-down-after-meeting-with-trump-gop-leaders\/\">WATCH LIVE: Jeffries speaks about government shutdown after meeting with Trump and GOP leaders<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3829510\/border-patrol-chicago-portland-support-ice-government-shutdown\/\">Border Patrol to remain in Chicago and Portland to support ICE if government shuts down<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>New Zealand has strict gun laws and limits non-functional guns that could theoretically be made functional. The laws have been interpreted to arrest people who have possessed &ldquo;ornamental parts that, while non-operational and not intended to be functional, could theoretically be rendered operable,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/thelawassociation.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20250228-TLANZ-CLC-Submission-Consultation-on-the-Arms-Act-Rewrite.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Law Association of New Zealand<\/a> explained in a consultation report in response to the nation&rsquo;s gun reform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.govt.nz\/justice-sector-policy\/key-initiatives\/firearms-reform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">process<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand&rsquo;s gun regulators deemed that the pistols in Patel&rsquo;s gifts could be rendered operable, New Zealand&rsquo;s Police Commissioner Richard Chambers told the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kash-patel-guns-new-zealand-fbi-d5747377f957d61645d47324bfaa1114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Associated Press<\/a><\/em>  in a statement. He said the officials contacted gun regulators about the pistols.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To ensure compliance with firearms laws, I instructed Police to retain and destroy them,&rdquo; Chambers said to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kash-patel-guns-new-zealand-fbi-d5747377f957d61645d47324bfaa1114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Associated Press<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI declined the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&lsquo;s request for comment. The New Zealand Police did not immediately respond to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&lsquo;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Chambers, the Director-General of NZSIS, Andrew Hampton, and the Director-General of GCSB, Andrew Clark, each received the gifts, according to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kash-patel-guns-new-zealand-fbi-d5747377f957d61645d47324bfaa1114\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Associated Press<\/em><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3826126\/kash-patel-james-comey-indictment-fbi-weaponization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PATEL REJECTS FBI IS POLITICIZING LAW ENFORCEMENT AFTER COMEY INDICTMENT: &lsquo;WILDLY FALSE ACCUSATIONS&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The FBI said that Director Patel met with Chambers, Hampton, and Clark during his Wellington visit, along with Space Minister Judith Collins, Minister of Police Mark Mitchell, and Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;New Zealand and America &ndash; countering the CCP in the Indo PACOM theatre, crushing the narcotics trade, working together against cyber intrusions and ransomware operations, and most importantly protecting our respective country&rsquo;s citizens,&rdquo; Patel <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBIDirectorKash\/status\/1952211447439560989\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote on X<\/a> during the visit. &ldquo;Thank you to America&rsquo;s great partners in New Zealand for your commitment to security and national defense.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NZ destroys 3D-printed guns gifted by FBI&#8217;s Kash Patel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2492808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/k-patel.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[64321,50385,42602,51054,64322],"class_list":["post-2492805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-3d-printed-guns","tag-gun-control-2","tag-new-zealand","tag-patel-2","tag-security-officials"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/k-patel.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2492805"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2492810,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2492805\/revisions\/2492810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2492808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2492805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2492805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2492805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}