Thread: NZDA requires FAL number

Originally Posted by Tentman

Check the bit about opinions versus facts.

As a person who has stuck their neck out to ensure other people still have opportunities to shoot, I'd be advising the committee not to accept shooters onto the range who arrive with firearms (implying they have a FAL) and who don't supply FAL details - itll go in a book or on an application form. For some reason (try commonsense or maybe the old range manuals) our club has recorded the FAL details of club members and casual users for years - and many clubs have operated the same protocol.

If you take the time to read the new range manual you'll see clubs are only bound to record the Officer on Duty (ROs in the old parlance) and not necessarily all shooters but I'd say most clubs will continue to do so.

Not all ranges have operated in that way, and there was nothing in the law that required they operate that way.
Consequences of operating that way - a while ago a club had their range book stolen, so criminals ended up with the information of firearms owners.

As has been highlighted by organisations and firearms owners, these laws will lead to a lot more people sighting in/shooting on ad hock ranges which will make the public less safe