Thread: Call to Arms

Originally Posted by PERRISCICABA

Here is what Paula Bennett reply to my email I sent couple weeks back...
"
Thanks for taking the time to write and provide your feedback on Parliament’s report into firearms.

I’ve got a family full of recreational hunters and fishers so I understand where you are coming from. My focus is on seeing fewer guns in the hands of criminals, and not on unduly burdening responsible firearms owners.

After an initial look at the recommendations I can see several that probably won’t be progressed, but more work needs to be done. We are working through our response over the new few weeks and I will be getting in independent advisors from the hunting and sport shooting community to assist me.

I'll send you an update when we have some progress to report. I do appreciate your feedback and officials are going through the almost 300 emails we’ve received.

Regards,

Paula Bennett
Minister of Police"

I got the same. What concerns me is the "almost 300 emails". Out of 240,000 licence holders, that's not much of a response.
Not enough people know about the proposed changes.
A bit of a rough workout: NZDA, and other shooting organisations......30,000 people?
Forums,only about 20-30 people/forum acting on it....200?
Facebook............maybe another 100?
This leaves a hell off a lot of people either not knowing, or sitting back thinking it won't happen. Of these people, most couldn't care about MSSAs being banned because it doesn't affect them. Some will accept that semi auto rifles and shotguns being changed category, because they only use them one weekend a year.
They'll try and divide and conquer each group, but I hope everyone backs each group for the long haul.

My challenge to all of you, is to let every licence holder know about this, and send emails etc to the relevant parties/people.
Almost 90% of holders don't know what's going on, once it's done, it's to late to try and claw it back.

As I said, those numbers are only a guesstimate. I could be well out, but the fact remains, only a very minute amount of affected people are reacting to this.