Thread: Firearms Licence Renewal

A few years back an accountancy firm calculated the cost to the tax payer as close to $300 to process a new or renewal application. The cost to the applicant is $126.50. Hiring more staff in Wellington to get through the mountain of applications would obviously add to that cost. If the cost to the applicant went up then undoubtedly some firearm licence holder's would not renew and probably keep their firearms - not a good situation for any of us.

There is, of course, no legal requirement to provide serial numbers of A category firearms. The arms vettor can insist that you open the gun cabinet to show the means by which it is affixed to the premises. I have seen several that were only fixed with one small bolt or large screw and could easily have been ripped away from the building.