Thread: NZDA - rifle range use

In NZ there is more emphasis on whether you are "fit & proper" enough to be in possession of a firearm than anything else. This is all well and good, but does not assist with learning basic competencies with handling firearms. Which reflects your comments about your friends, they are fit and proper but have no practical experience which they have to rely on others to teach them, whose own experience and competency can vary vastly also.

Learning how to check, clear and handle a firearm in a controlled environment like they teach you in Canada is a far better option.