Thread: MSC just sacked all its volunteers.

Originally Posted by 10-Ring

Apparently the Police top brass are fully supportive of the MSC new ideas.

Perhaps because by reducing the availability of firearms safety courses (which are compulsory), they can slow the uptake of licences, and therefore slow the legal spread of firearms throughout NZ?

Originally Posted by stretch

Perhaps because by reducing the availability of firearms safety courses (which are compulsory), they can slow the uptake of licences, and therefore slow the legal spread of firearms throughout NZ?

The logical explanation.
Every other avenue they try is challenged in court.
Tho I expect they may be in court again if they cannot supply a course reasonably promptly and reasonably locally at least as well as it has been.

When it starts to bite and new FAL applicants start lodging dissatisfaction of service reports perhaps.

Umm there is a new outfit delivering under contract from what I understand to the marae based firearms training and licsensing program comprised of of ex members of msc and mike spray (ex cop dude to do with firearms). I heard about it from a range officer two weeks ago and googled it. They're fair dinkum. Hopefully they can pick up the contract for the licensing and Hoover up all the people and knowledge out there.


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Originally Posted by tiroatedson

Umm there is a new outfit delivering under contract from what I understand to the marae based firearms training and licsensing program comprised of of ex members of msc and mike spray (ex cop dude to do with firearms). I heard about it from a range officer two weeks ago and googled it. They're fair dinkum. Hopefully they can pick up the contract for the licensing and Hoover up all the people and knowledge out there.


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This is probably what it is

Whakatupato - Mountain Safety Council NZ

A lot of the posts seem to be ignoring the fact that the change is being driven by the Police, not so much as MSC. MSC are reacting to concerns from the Police about the nature of the delivery of courses/ instructor quality and moderation and the majority of instructors being older and not enough young instructors coming through.

Our local meeting is tonight...so we will see what happens..............

Originally Posted by stug

This is probably what it is

Whakatupato - Mountain Safety Council NZ

A lot of the posts seem to be ignoring the fact that the change is being driven by the Police, not so much as MSC. MSC are reacting to concerns from the Police about the nature of the delivery of courses/ instructor quality and moderation and the majority of instructors being older and not enough young instructors coming through.

Yes, Nicole McKee and Mike Pyatt were sacked by the MSC CEO and have set up a their new organisation F.S.S. Both have extensive firearms experience and apparently were well liked (very much so in my district) by the MSC volunteers that had anything to do with them.

FSS - Firearm Safety Specialists