Thread: Does everyone here love the current NZ firearms laws?

25,232 members here is a lot. It's more than 10% if licensed NZ firearms owners. Some of us have made some complaints about NZ firearms laws, particularly since the 2019 law change. Currently ACT MP Nicole McKee has a review of the NZ firearms law underway, and as of 3 days ago only 303 people have made a submission!!!

We all know GCNZ have put in a submission which wants far more restrictions and costs added to legal firearms users. They have a bunch of cronies committed to making it hard and expensive for legal shooters to use firearms. Many of these people will be putting in submissions to make it far more difficult and expensive to own and use firearms. Some are pushing for Aussie style laws; no semi auto rimfires or shotguns, no pump or lever action centrefires or shotguns, limited number of firearms per user, higher age limits and shorter licence duration, and proof of need to own firearms. These people are motivated to make shooting essentially impossible or at least impractical.

Only 303 submissions received and maybe half of those might be from the anti-gun crowd!!!

Ok maybe most of the 25,000 members here thinks the current laws are perfect, along with well over 99% of the 250,000 firearms licence holders. For those of us who don't, and particulary anyone who can come up with a coherent reason why we might want to use semi auto centrefires, or not be governed by GCNZ rules, there are 3 weeks left to get a submission in. No one who does not submit will ever have grounds to complain about firearms laws again. This is our chance to get it right, if we don't take it now the chance may not come again.

Even worse, the apathetic response to public submissions will make it very clear to politicians such as ACT MPs that firearms law is a dead issue, everyone is happy and there is no future vote for them in improving matters. Currently I am appalled at the apathy of NZ firearms users to this one-off chance to get the law right.

Anyone who has not made a submission please do it!

https://www.justice.govt.nz/justice-...e-consultation