Thread: NZP have published their first update on their Firearms review...

Originally Posted by clavulanate

sporterised MSSA presumably means A cat compliant AR's/Ak's etc

If ANY semi-auto becomes an MSSA by the existence or addition of any of the MSSA-defining features, and ANY semi-auto CAN become an MSSA, then a 'sporterised MSSA' is simply any A-cat semi-auto. They are trying to tar all semi-autos with the same 'scary black gun' brush.

Regarding cost recovery, I fail to see how any legislatively required process, designed to enable the core task of public safety, can be classed as a 'demand service' for which they can charge. The public are REQUIRED to have a FAL in order to own firearms (and rightly so), and FAL holders are REQUIRED to have a permit to import or purchase via online / mail-order.

I guess their rebuttal will be 'No one is REQUIRED to own firearms - it is a privilege, not a right, and if you wish to exercise that privilege, expect to pay (even more)'.