Why the gun register will fail! It will be full of errors!
Why? We give you one simple example. The new Registry requires firearms owners to enter details of the rifles they own. That includes the make model and serial number of each rifle. Essential if the Register is to fulfil its design purpose. That sounds easy enough – BUT – it isn’t. Police haven’t taken the […]
Chris Hipkins, Nicole McKee open WSR shooting season
On Saturday the new long range shooting season opened at Trentham in Upper Hutt. It was great to see the Minister of Police Hon Chris Hipkins attend and participate in the opening match with Nicole McKee, the Mayor of Upper Hutt Wayne Guppy and Mayoral Candidate Angela McLeod. Full info’ here: https://l-to.com/lq1125cy But are politicians […]
Dodgy Police statistics reveals failure of gun law “reforms”
Referring to this article, it is apparent that “gun crime” has not declined since the confiscation of thousand s of semi auto rifles from law abiding firearm owners, and the tighter gun controls put in place by the Labour government. Police data collection on gun crime is flawed, failing to differentiate when an actual crime is committed […]
Cash/Guns/Ammo at Bail Facility!?
Recent reports about the finding of contraband firearms, ammunition and cash at an Auckland bail facility suggests once more that police enforcement of these and similar facilities is either lacking, or lackadaisical. This underscores how police treat as ‘poor cousins’ anything that is not regarded as a priority, including the administration of firearm control measures […]
Police Taking a Year to Renew a Firearms Licence
Why is it taking so long (12 months or more) for police to renew a firearms licence? Could it be that Police are swamped in a mess of their own making. A more important question is why is it the job of Police to renew a licence? These questions are being asked by responsible firearm […]
POLICE INTRANSIGENCE?
The persistence with which police are delaying the issue of new firearm licences and the renewal of existing ones (a whole year to just renew!!) has spurred a Member of Parliament to question the Police Minister about the delays. We applaud the improved vetting now being undertaken by the Police after their disgraceful failures of […]
COMMONWEALTH GAMES – no shooting competitors
New Zealand athletes are making their mark at the Commonwealth Games and we wish our Kiwi competitors every success. On past history, more success would have been expected, had the shooting sports been included in these Commonwealth games, but a decision of the hosts, (living in the former ‘nation of riflemen’), not to hold any […]
Full firearm registration – a colossal central government waste of taxpayers’ money which can never ‘work’
Recent claims made to the effect that the implementation of a firearm registration system will contribute to a reduction in violence with firearms is nonsense. Comparison with motor vehicle registration reminds us of the 20,000 motor vehicles reportedly stolen annually, some of which are known to be used in violent crime, and to the 10,000 […]
Sporting Shooters condemn mass youth walkout from Parliament
If the youth walkout from Parliament of aspiring MPs who refused to listen to a speech about firearms is an example of how our future MP’s think and act, we should be concerned, says Sporting Shooters Association President Neville Dodd. Lacking moral fibre, lacking the ability to listen to unpleasant truths and instead allowing their […]
Gun Control Advocate Dr Hera Cook wants to ban advertising of firearms
In an interview on RNZ Dr Hera Cook suggested that since the Christchurch Massacre in 2019 gun crime was not really getting worse, it only seemed that it was because it was being more frequently reported in Media as police cracked down on gangs. She then went on to advocate the banning of advertising of […]
COLFO Worried Police Have Misinformed Another Minister
Press Release: COLFO The Council of Licensed Firearm Owners (COLFO) says the new Police Minister, Chris Hipkins, should ask the Police for evidence on how gangs are obtaining firearms. Research previously released by COLFO from Police intelligence reports shows Police have no idea where criminals get 82% of their firearms. COLFO Spokesperson Hugh Devereux-Mack says […]
“Keeping us safe?”
Superintendent Karyn Malthus says, ‘Keeping firearms owners safe is a key focus for Police’. Yeah Right! “Safe from who?”, asks Neville Dodd President of the Sporting Shooters Association. From our perspective the biggest threat and the most damage to firearm owners in New Zealand unquestionably comes from the present government and Police. Between them they have […]
Firearms License Security Breach – it’s worse than initially revealed
The report in the NZ Herald today that the documents stolen from the abandoned Auckland Central Police Station in May actually spanned a much longer time frame, 2003 to 2018, has further angered licensed firearm owners. As Sporting Shooters President Neville Dodd explains “This is a very serious security breach of sensitive information which now […]
Why is Auckland so bad?
Greater Auckland has the lowest rate of legal firearm ownership in the country with less than 3 % of the population being licensed, compared with 10.48 % of the population being licensed to own firearms in Southland. Yet South Auckland has a far higher crime rate of 5.8 robbery offences per 10,000 residents when compared […]
POLICE INCOMPETENCE PUTS FIREARM OWNERS AT RISK
The revelation that documents stolen from an abandoned Auckland police station contained the names and addresses of licensed firearm owners has outraged gun owners. Said Chaz Forsyth, President of the Sporting Shooters Association, “The fact that these documents have lain in an empty police station for several years, shows great incompetence on the part of […]
