Thread: a cat endorsed onto your e cat

Originally Posted by Beavis

Things have changed between then and now. My friend tried yesterday and was told NO. The NZSRA president posted on Sport Shooter that his AO received an e mail from PNHQ today saying " no A cat's to be moved to E cat". You got in before the lock.

This is why it is suggested that the way to successfully do what you want is to cease thinking / acting / communicating in terms of moving one letter of the alphabet into another.

The actual process that is embarked on is "manufacturing" a "military style semi automatic firearm".

The only thing required to manufacture a military style semi automatic firearm is that you first obtain an endorsement for that individual firearm.

The condition precedent to obtaining an endorsement is that you are "fit and proper." If you are fit and proper, the arms officer cannot refuse to issue you the endorsement applied for.

The astute civilian gun owner who wants to manufacture a military style semi automatic firearm will simply and quietly ask the Arms Officer for the application forms for an endorsement without running off at the mouth and saying anything more.

In the application section where is asks what firearm you're interested in buying: write down: "An AR15 .223"

Once the application is completed, hand it in to the arms office in an envelope, complete with the $204 fee receipt. There is no requirement at this stage to discuss anything further with the arms officer.

The arms officer is then obliged by law to process and determine your application on the basis of your fitness and properness.

Once you have the endorsement, then write (enail) the arms officer; cc: LVC PNHQ and provide the serial number of the AR15 that you have then manufactured into military style semi automatic configuration.

Job done

As can be seen, nowhere in the process does the concept of moving one letter to another get discussed or become controversial. The arms officer is unlikely to be obstructive and difficult because he or she is simply unaware that you are intending to manufacture your own military style semi automatic firearm.

Essentially there are two ways of approaching the problem. Option (A) is the astute and intelligent legal method. Option (B) is to be transparent aka 'run off at the mouth' and let the arms officer and PNHQ walk all over you with illegal policies. Imagine Everest with two routes the easy way and the hard way.... if you want to get to the top, take the easy route... if you love the personal challenge of a relentless grind, take the hard route. NSA has blazed the easy south east ridge for you with lots of difficult work and expense over the last two years... why would you then want to take the west ridge direct?