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    Quote Originally Posted by 308 View Post
    I was led to believe that police divert around half of the income from licensing into the general fund so it is not currently user pays?

    Another vote here for getting plod out of administering the licensing system - they are flat out terrible at it
    Don't know how true that is. I was told some time back that it costs the police nearly $400 to process a standard firearms licence. We pay $126.50 now and it's been that way since GST was increased quite a few years back. If licensing was to be done by a private enterprise then you can guarantee it will cost us at the very least double what we pay now. Many may be willing to pay that and surely many would not and they then may just use a firearm illegally. Obviously, the more licence holders there are the better it is for all of us.

    Also, I'm sure there are thousands of firearms licences that are processed as quickly as they can be and you never hear about it. We tend to hear about the ones which aren't because that's the nature of the internet and fair enough too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 10-Ring View Post
    Don't know how true that is. I was told some time back that it costs the police nearly $400 to process a standard firearms licence. We pay $126.50 now and it's been that way since GST was increased quite a few years back. If licensing was to be done by a private enterprise then you can guarantee it will cost us at the very least double what we pay now. Many may be willing to pay that and surely many would not and they then may just use a firearm illegally. Obviously, the more licence holders there are the better it is for all of us.

    Also, I'm sure there are thousands of firearms licences that are processed as quickly as they can be and you never hear about it. We tend to hear about the ones which aren't because that's the nature of the internet and fair enough too.
    Mike loader did oia requests on it. Up to 50% is diverted elsewhere. It was done by district.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 10-Ring View Post
    Don't know how true that is. I was told some time back that it costs the police nearly $400 to process a standard firearms licence. We pay $126.50 now and it's been that way since GST was increased quite a few years back. If licensing was to be done by a private enterprise then you can guarantee it will cost us at the very least double what we pay now. Many may be willing to pay that and surely many would not and they then may just use a firearm illegally. Obviously, the more licence holders there are the better it is for all of us.

    Also, I'm sure there are thousands of firearms licences that are processed as quickly as they can be and you never hear about it. We tend to hear about the ones which aren't because that's the nature of the internet and fair enough too.
    Maybe that is true but in the last 3 years I have-

    Waited since Dec 2019 for an endorsement applic to be processed - still waiting
    Had wrong info on which B-cats I hold EVERY inspection
    Been called by some popo fuckwit asking if I had handed in my AR's in the confiscation - I said "What do your records show?" He said it must be a different department, I said there is only one department
    -this after I had expressly gone to my local FO and got a printout to prove it

    I now will no longer deal with the popo by phone as there is no record and they have consistently been spasmodic wankstains

    I now have zero respect for the police and will offer them zero cooperation in all future dealings

    Other people may well have great experiences with them
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    Quote Originally Posted by 308 View Post
    Maybe that is true but in the last 3 years I have-

    Waited since Dec 2019 for an endorsement applic to be processed - still waiting
    Had wrong info on which B-cats I hold EVERY inspection
    Been called by some popo fuckwit asking if I had handed in my AR's in the confiscation - I said "What do your records show?" He said it must be a different department, I said there is only one department
    -this after I had expressly gone to my local FO and got a printout to prove it

    I now will no longer deal with the popo by phone as there is no record and they have consistently been spasmodic wankstains

    I now have zero respect for the police and will offer them zero cooperation in all future dealings

    Other people may well have great experiences with them
    I can well understand your annoyance at that.

    I've had poor service from many businesses/departments private and government. Some people are good at their jobs and some aren't and even the good ones make mistakes occasionally; they just make less of them. I've had particularly inept service from NZ Customs, certain courier companies and numerous other private businesses.

    I think in some part most of us slightly and in some cases completely resent any form of authority. That's why the police in particular seem to get a bad rap from some members on here.

    When dealing with people there's always going to be stuff ups and stupidity cropping up from time to time just to ruin your day. It's just the nature of human beings and as Einstein said, "two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the former".
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