Ever since March 15 2019, the Police have been on a jihad against licensed firearms owners. They have also pushed for an arms register in the mistaken belief that criminals will start registering their firearms. They already maintain an arms register for prohibited firearms, pistols and collectors, yet it seems
ACT Party “The Government must take the recent surge in gang violence seriously and should start by stripping gang members of firearms licences,” says ACT’s Firearms Law Reform spokesperson Nicole McKee. “Over the past few years, the number of gang members has increased by a third, and there’s
Michael Dowling Chairman Council of Licenced Firearms Owners This will be the last update from COLFO this year. Let me say first, thank you to all of our supporters who make our work possible, and I wish you a relaxing summer break. I am emailing to flag a number of
I’m not a member of the firearms-owning cohort, but having just read this document: I certainly sympathise with their concerns about law enforcement’s rapidly escalating demonisation of their community. New, or renewed, firearms-license applicant’s now have a compulsory requirement to name their ‘health practitioner.’ Their practitioners are
OAP Centrefire accuracy. We all know the effect wind can have on the flight of a bullet, but the wind is only one of the problems with accurate shot placing outdoors. Mirage is another. The target is not where you think it is. The shift can be either vertical — more
Some alarming information has come to hand that despite the clear failures from Police that led to the tragedy at Christchurch, the Police are hell-bent on ramming through further changes that materially, negatively affect licensed firearms owners. Chris Cahill, the Police union mouthpiece, is pushing hard for registration and Police
Stuff has an a article outlining just how badly Police are letting down Licensed Firearm Owners with their approach to licensing and re-licensing: Firearms licence applicants are growing increasingly frustrated as police muddle through 10,000 outstanding applications, some dating as far back as November 2015. The issue comes as
It’s not just in New Zealand that ham-fisted, bungling Keystone Kops are screwing up firearms registration – and punishing law-abiding gun owners for the Plod’s own failings. As has been laid bare in recent days, NZ police bungling allowed Christchurch shooter Brenton Tarrant to amass his armoury without being
