Thread: Firearm licencing

I applied in July 2021, took the exam in Sept 2021, I am still waiting for the vetting officer to contact my reference today. Of course this may be the Aucklander usual waiting time

I am always patient but I think this is too long to be honest.

Originally Posted by hakka_ranger

I applied in July 2021, took the exam in Sept 2021, I am still waiting for the vetting officer to contact my reference today. Of course this may be the Aucklander usual waiting time

I am always patient but I think this is too long to be honest.

Do you mean 2020?

Don't understand you're date..

Originally Posted by CovertHunter

Do you mean 2020?

Don't understand you're date..

Opps sorry yeah it was 2020

I got mine this week. Put my application in back in Feb I think.

Applied late January 2020 got licence a week ago .

Update:

After my last post where I had given up being patient and was trying to get hold of some answers I finally received an email response from the Police saying - "your application has been accepted and you will hear from the vetting officer shortly to arrange interviews..."

Well that was outstanding, considering we had done the interviews some 4 months previously. Naturally I pointed this out. ***eye-roll moment*** I then received an email saying the application was now waiting to be audited followed by a second email a week later stating it was all approved and to expect the licence to arrive in about two weeks.

Two weeks and two days later on Monday of this week, my daughter finaly received her 5-year FAL in the mail. Time taken from woah to go - ten and a half months.

It is interesting to note that the date of expiry is approximately the date when I beleive the application was finally approved on the 21st July 2021, not back-dated to the time of the interviews or (thankfully) the original application date in September 2020. Phew!

I'm very proud to add that for our family that's finally a "full house" so to speak... my wife, son, daughter and myself all now hold licences. YESSSSSS!

Job done.

Next: Renewals for the wife and I in 2023. Better start the process in January next year.

Treat every firearm as loaded.
Whats this 'state' of the firearm got to do with anything?

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If you got your first license back when they lasted 10 years, will a renewed license still be good for 10 years, or are they all 5 year licenses now??

Originally Posted by Frodo

If you got your first license back when they lasted 10 years, will a renewed license still be good for 10 years, or are they all 5 year licenses now??

All renewals are 10 years, only new licenses are 5 years, and when those with a 5 yr license do their renewal it will be for 10 years (unless they change the rules again...).

I am painfully working my way through these modules for my upcoming test, I assumed this was standard practice but clearly NOT!

It seems to me they think firearms owners are all idiots and they are now treating "us" accordingly.

Make sure the safety is on SAFE!

From memory in one of the tests there is a question about what state the firearm must be in when you reach your hunting area. It's one of the first 7 or 8 questions which you can't get wrong.

Recently got my licence renewed. it took 4 months before the AO came to interview me, by which time my licence had expired by a couple of days. when he called to book my interview i brought it to his attention that my licence would be expired by the time he turned up. He then told me that if there were any firearms in my safe when he turned up he would have to confiscate them... so they had to go into hiding.
moral of the story is... don't be like me and get in early for your FAL renewal.

Originally Posted by Frodo

If you got your first license back when they lasted 10 years, will a renewed license still be good for 10 years, or are they all 5 year licenses now??

My 79yr-old Uncle got his FAL renewed last year, they would only do it for 5yrs. They werent keen to renew it, and didnt appreciate being told that he was sharper than them, by a referee, when asked if they thought he was 'doo-lally' in any way.

Originally Posted by rewa

My 79yr-old Uncle got his FAL renewed last year, they would only do it for 5yrs. They werent keen to renew it, and didnt appreciate being told that he was sharper than them, by a referee, when asked if they thought he was 'doo-lally' in any way.

Shooting is one of the few activities that can remain relevant for an entire lifetime. The prospect of being denied an FAL due to old age is pretty shit...especially if you're still mentally sound. 79's not all that old, either. Hope he can get it renewed once again in 5 years from now...

26. Production of firearms licence
(1)
Every holder of a firearms licence—
(a)
shall produce the licence for inspection whenever required to do so by any member of the Police:
(b)
shall maintain the licence in such a condition that it may be produced in an undefaced and legible condition.
(2)
The holder of a firearms licence issued pursuant to this Act shall be deemed to have complied with subsection (1)(a) if, within 7 days after having been so required to produce his licence or permit, he produces it at a place specified by the member of the Police.

Don’t have to have it on you at all times, just be able to turn up to the cop shop with it within 7 days, if asked. Of course, these days they can look it up on their phone in 30 seconds most likely.