Thread: Could it be so simple?

Im with Hamish on this one.

Its quite simple you cannot shoot someone with out breaking 1 or more of the following rules, more rules wont change this in the slightest.

Now i do agree that something has to change. I remember when i went for my fal and there was only 10 of the 18 or so people who passed the test to begin with.
I hung around talking to a few people and looking at the different types of firearms end the end everyone walked away with a pass.

I think when thats your only safety net some people are doomed to fail and yes i might take 20 - 30 years for that failure to happen.
I would like to see something like the NZDA Hunts program for everyone looking to get into hunting,
A Shooting Range use program for those looking to get into target shooting

This will set a good foundation around the basics of active firearms handling in scenarios that's relevant and easy to apply in different situations.

Originally Posted by 199p

Its quite simple you cannot shoot someone with out breaking 1 or more of the following rules, more rules wont change this in the slightest.

That's it in a nut shell, it is the application of the current cardinal rules here that is the issue.

Originally Posted by 199p

I would like to see something like the NZDA Hunts program for everyone looking to get into hunting,
A Shooting Range use program for those looking to get into target shooting

Respectfully, I am not in favour of such blanket requirements. The NZDA Hunts program is already there for those who choose to attend it.
Maybe at most, make such a thing a condition to access to public land for hunting. But as you said yourself more rules won't change things.
Statistically, on a range is not where shooting deaths occur either, why try and solve a problem that doesn't exist. I could easily see a licence costing upwards of $600 in our user pays system for no net gain overall.

To engage about this as a user group, either here online, hunting shows on TV, magazines, at retailers, at the range and socially among our peers.
To be proactive as a user group.
That is something NZDA could certainly spear head.