Thread: Colfo trust & confidence survey

Originally Posted by Percy Jones

Something else to consider, when the time comes regarding changes to the firearms act and COLFO ask for shooters to make submissions to police, no one bothers to do it. I think from memory the last time was a only few hundred out of 234K licenced firearms owners that made submissions, even after COLFO's lawyers had collected all the details together to make it simple for licenced firearms owners to submit. Its very difficult to "grow a pair" and stand up to police with the level of apathy and support displayed by shooters in NZ, but they keep on working for licenced firearms owners, because not to is defeat, and no one wants that do they.

Quite correct.... BUT, it seems that when pro-forma submissions are facilitated in the fashion that COLFO apparently did they often get shit-canned, rather than due consideration?