Thread: How Could This Happen ?

Originally Posted by Ftx325

that is basically what the firearms officer said to me when the missus and my teenage son got their licenses recently. They breezed through as me being a hunter/shooter for nearly 30 yrs and the kids both growing up around guns and using them and being taught how and when to use them he was happy as to sign off on them. But he really struggles when he goes to interviews only to find that there is no history of firearms use in the family and zero experience with guns , from a safety aspect , to bring himself to sign off on them and will often dig deeper looking for a reason not to issue the license.

when i did my pistol licence i had to do 6 months probation, should all new firearms licence hold be made to do say the znda hunts coarse and be mentioned by a club member with nro qualifications for 6 months before being signed off as fit to use a firearm.?