Thread: Envy

We can quite easily own handguns with the correct endorsements on our license. Such endorsements are not all that difficult to get, just paperwork, bit of money and time.

Semi autos are perfectly fine on a standard A category license, but have stock style and magazine capacity limitations. If you want to step outside those rules, you can get a license to own high capacity mags and pistol grips say on a AR or AK. Common for comp shooters and pest controllers to do this. Most of my firearms are semi-auto.

At the moment our gun laws aren't too restrictive to the average person wanting to use a firearms for a reasonable purpose-hunting/target/competition/collection/etc. But there's always pressure from the do-gooder/anti-gun brigade to change/tighten up gun laws here. Currently we have some good people doing lobbying work on our behalf, and so far our regulations seem to working ok.

As for suppressors, they're very common here and there are many manufacturers, supplying NZ and overseas markets. They're a bloody good thing really - hence why they are popular. We don't have the same rules/regulations you guys have in respect to hunting. We are extremely fortunate to have no real regulations on hunting big game here in NZ - plus we have many hectares of public land holding sustainable numbers of deer/pigs/chamois/tahr/goats which we can hunt at our freewill etc - therefore suppressors don't need to be regulated on the grounds for poaching. We do have seasons for game birds, but that's really all.

Originally Posted by JoshC

We can quite easily own handguns with the correct endorsements on our license. Such endorsements are not all that difficult to get, just paperwork, bit of money and time.

But can only be used on an approved range, so no hunting or plinking in your back yard. And you must use the range x amount of times per year to keep that endorsement.
If you could hunt with them I would put the effort into getting the endorsement.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

But can only be used on an approved range, so no hunting or plinking in your back yard. And you must use the range x amount of times per year to keep that endorsement.
If you could hunt with them I would put the effort into getting the endorsement.

Also not that easy to to get endorsed.
3 phases of approval need to be met and then there is the 6 month probation period and maintaining attendance.

I know that people that have been refused at club level. Then you have police and Pnz (if you go thru them)



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Originally Posted by R93

Also not that easy to to get endorsed.
3 phases of approval need to be met and then there is the 6 month probation period and maintaining attendance.

I know that people that have been refused at club level. Then you have police and Pnz (if you go thru them)



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As long as your not an idiot or dangerous getting a B cat is easy. I found the whole process very easy and there certainly was no trouble having the club verify I was safe and sane. The local arms officer was extremely helpful and on board.