Thread: So what do we do now???

I've just called Timaru police station to book myself an my son on a firearms course only to be told "there are no courses booked for the foreseeable future as all the volunteers have quit" so what the f*** are we supposed to do now?

Cheers Antz

What about another station, CHCH or similar?
I did wonder if this was going to happen when they announced the changes.

Wonder if it will become an online test with online reading materials you're supposed to study before hand....

Originally Posted by Jexla

Wonder if it will become an online test with online reading materials you're supposed to study before hand....

o dear, please no

@Antz @Jexla Bingo https://www.openpolytechnic.ac.nz/as...armsSafety.pdf

Originally Posted by stug

@Antz @Jexla Bingo https://www.openpolytechnic.ac.nz/as...armsSafety.pdf

open poly used to do (30 years back) "firearms safety and appreciation" course. and to be honest it was pretty damn good. as well as firearm safety it went into reloading etc. at the end if you passed you got the mountain safety council certificate.

also FSS - Firearm Safety Specialists might be spendy though. Could organise a group of you though.

@stug thats just ridiculous, i thought the government was murmuring about more restrictions and generally making things harder. now you can do everything through the internet and anyone can do it! guess you would still need a safe inspection at some point.

was wondering what was going to happen with all the volunteers having left, partner was thinking about getting her licence, guess not now!

Originally Posted by 223nut

@stug thats just ridiculous, i thought the government was murmuring about more restrictions and generally making things harder. now you can do everything through the internet and anyone can do it! guess you would still need a safe inspection at some point....

223,

The former MSC volunteer instructors can, with the local Arms Officer's approval, still run the 'Police Firearms Safety Test' and issue a successful applicant with the police certificate indicating a pass. Also, the above safety test has nothing to do with (apart from obtaining the requisite pass) the firearms vetting process itself.

Fairlie Lions club have their annual 2-day course/test (with plenty of hands-on experience) coming up in a month or two I believe. Not sure if it's open to non-locals too, but could be well worth checking out..

[QUOTE=StrikerNZ;508759]Fairlie Lions club have their annual 2

Would attending such a course be `official` enough to obtain a FAL though?

Originally Posted by Pengy

Would attending such a course be `official` enough to obtain a FAL though?

Yes, it's all official and supported by the local cop. Young fella down the road did it last year - one day theory, one day hands-on with various pistols/rifles/shotguns etc, then finishes with sitting the license test.

i just renewed my licence that process was long enough. the vetting officer said gisborne could end up having to go to hawkesbay to do a firearms course in the furture. only going to end up with more unlicence firearm holders

Originally Posted by StrikerNZ

Yes, it's all official and supported by the local cop. Young fella down the road did it last year - one day theory, one day hands-on with various pistols/rifles/shotguns etc, then finishes with sitting the license test.

This sounds brilliant - one thing that struck me as odd when I got my FAL was that appart from going out shooting with a mate a couple of times, I had minimal hands on experiance with firearms (just alot of theory) yet could now just go shopping. Looking back at it I personally would have appreciated a day of handling various firearms, actions, safeties etc.

Thanks gents I'll start looking at the surrounding areas

Cheers