Press release: COLFO The Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (COLFO) has had to clarify the law with Police and receive their reassurance that while the amnesty for ammunition was not extended to 20 December, Police will act as if it has been. Since 30 September everyone with now-banned ammunition have
Nicole McKee Spokesperson Fair and Reasonable Campaign Yesterday we learned that sensitive information about tens of thousands of law-abiding firearms owners was not kept secure by the Police. The stakes of this campaign have now been raised. We are concerned that information in a firearms register, such as what firearms
Nicole McKee Spokesperson Fair and Reasonable Campaign As you can imagine it’s been a hectic day as we work through the issues of the last 36 hours. Given the concerns many of our supporters have in relation to personal and firearm security, we’re writing this to update you
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Wendy Will the Crusaders’ brand changes atone for our sins or is the real answer a little more uncomfortable for the government? The Crusaders have kept their name and there will be some cosmetic changes to branding. Does this atone for our sins? And do we really need to? In
ACT Party The Police Minister must resign and the Government should scrap its proposal for a firearms register after a massive data breach. The personal details of tens of thousands of firearms owners were made available on the Police website yesterday morning. Names, addresses, dates of birth, types of firearms,
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com The penalising of the firearms community by Jacinda Ardern’s Government is continuing through the heavy-handed law changes in the Arms Legislation Bill, which is presently being considered by the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee. It will introduce a firearms register, reduce the license period
COLFO has learned within the past hour of a massive data breach on the Police database for firearm hand-in and compensation. Information on over 70,000 notifications including details of licensed firearm owners, their firearms, and their bank account numbers, were accessible to web page users. We know of several
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com The way that Jacinda Ardern’s Labour-Green-New Zealand First Coalition Government is dealing with the quarter of a million law-abiding New Zealanders who make up this country’s firearms community is a disgrace. Just a year ago, the Prime Minister had such a high level
Michael Dowling Chairman Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (on behalf of the Fair and Reasonable Campaign) Most firearms owners will have been emailed yesterday by Police announcing new regulations which came into effect yesterday. Police say they just provide safeguards for people waiting for decisions on exemptions when the amnesty
Nicole McKee Spokesperson Fair and Reasonable Campaign We’ve just posted on our website answers from our lawyers at Franks Ogilvie to questions people have asked about prohibited ammo. For example, some want to know if they can hold off handing it in until the COLFO court case rules on
Nicole McKee Spokesperson Fair and Reasonable Campaign There’s been some developments on a number of fronts over the last seven days. The Royal Commission into the Christchurch terror attack has a four-month extension so it now won’t be reporting back until the end of April 2020. It means
A look at the mail order form for the Christchurch shooter and what it means in terms of Police failings that allowed the attacks to occur. State of NZ This video is well worth watching and sharing as it points out that the New Zealand public is not at fault
Thanks to today’s face of the day the Police managed to “lose” two Glock pistols and a police car along with the ammunition for the pistols. These are the same police who love to tell law-abiding firearms licence holders that they are the best people to manage a gun
