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Press Release – COLFO The Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (COLFO) has released correspondence to the Minister of Police that shows she has the power to reduce the backlog of firearms licence applications under the Arms Amendment Act. In December 2020 there was a backlog …
The Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (COLFO) has released correspondence to the Minister of Police that shows she has the power to reduce the backlog of firearms licence applications under the Arms Amendment Act.
In December 2020 there was a backlog of over 10,000 new applications and renewals of firearms licences outstanding. Delays to licence applications will mean firearms owners miss out on this year’s duck hunting season.
Monday, 8 March 2021, 1:29 pm
Police failure to reduce a backlog in firearms
licence applications risks hunters and their families
missing out on this year’s duck hunting season and
requires urgent attention says the Council of Licenced
Firearms Owners (COLFO).
COLFO understands
that Police are training additional staff to deal with the
backlog but it may be too late for duck hunters this
season.
COLFO Chairman Michael Dowling
says:
“Game bird season is one of the major hunting
events on the New Zealand calendar. It is an important
tradition for thousands of Kiwis. They enjoy the great
outdoors, fill the freezer, and teach the next generation
Thursday, 4 March 2021, 12:31 pm
A proposed law making it possible to ban gang
members from being near firearms highlights the problems
with the changes to the Arms Act over the last two years,
says the Council of Licenced Firearms Owners
(COLFO).
Earlier today COLFO Chair Michael
Dowling appeared before the Justice Select Committee to
speak on the Arms (Firearms Prohibition Orders) Amendment
Bill (No 2).
Dowling told the Committee that while the
Bill is well intended, it would compound many of the
problems already present in the Government’s Arms
Legislation Act.
He said the proposed law creating
Firearms Prohibition Orders would be easily and unwittingly