Thread: The real reason for B/E-cat storage requirements and inspections

Originally Posted by 40mm

Cripes. @systolic, did you not read @Cordite's original post?

"However, the mere fact that stringent conditions of ownership exist should discourage people from becoming collectors."

If that quote is accurate then how can anyone deny there was/is an agenda to dissuade people from collecting restricted firearms?

It is taken from a report written, mainly about pistols being held by banks, security companies etc as a review of policy, so not actual policy.

Also referring to collectors, the report also says:

7.34 Conclusion
We conclude that there can be no objection to bona fide firearms collectors collecting pistols, provided the pistols are inoperable and kept under strict security conditions.

There was no formal definition of 'collector' at the time and no formal written policy.

Anyway, it's far too late in the evening for me to give any more thought about police reviews of policy carried out well before I was born and before both the 1983 and 1992 Arms Acts were written. Or Kiwi Gun Blog's constant persecution/victim complex. I've got a club competition in the morning and need some sleep.