Thread: Useing the firearms register

Rang back again this morning to continue with my part in making New Zealand safer.
15 mins in phone queue again - must be nice to have a monopoly and not have to care about customer satisfaction.
Finally get through and ask if I can register my firearms over the phone as I had trouble matching them to their records via the online registration. Lady says no, she will look them up for me and give me the table reference number for the correct firearm so that I can successfully look up them up myself via their sticky taped and stapled together abomination of a portal.
Turns out the Howas are entered with 3, 4, or 5 appended to the model name which indicates how many rounds the rifle holds. Worked out which of the 3 models they have on file is mine, all good.
The Winchester Model 70 Ultimate Shadow they have on record is listed as being manufactured by Fabrique Nationale. I was under the impression this means it would be Belgian manufactured, whereas my rifle has "Made in USA" stamped in it. I ask the lady if she knows what the story is with that, of course has zero clue. I tell her that I'm concerned about entering inaccurate information into the register. She says that it's best for me to enter this potentially inaccurate information then to ring them once the form is submitted so they can enter a new model if necessary. I ask if we can do that on the phone now instead of me ringing back up. She tells me no.

If only I was in a gang or wished to possess illegal firearms. I would save myself so much hassle.