Thread: Colfo Announce Firearms Registry Review

Originally Posted by BSA

And Right On Cue the Herald run a hit piece, no doubt at the behest of Police. It is behind a pay-wall so not many will read it hopefully.

Firearms and ammunition purchased by straw buyers supplied to Head Hunters, Black Power and Rebels gangs

An extract from the article
A semi-automatic rifle suspected of being fired in an Auckland gang shooting was traced back to a licenced gun owner who legally purchased the gun four years earlier.

The Beretta CX4 Storm found in the possession of a Head Hunter in February 2022, just days after a shooting involving a rival gang, was one of 15 firearms purchased by the firearms licence holder over an 18-month period starting in 2017.

He then illegally sold the guns to criminal associates who didn’t have licences.

As well as the semi-automatic Beretta – later banned completely after the Christchurch terrorist attacks – one of the 10 shotguns the 37-year-old bought was later discovered in the possession of a Black Power prospect.

The licence holder has now pleaded guilty to a representative charge of unlawful possession of firearms and will be sentenced in August.

In a separate investigation, another licensed gun owner has recently admitted illegally supplying ammunition to Texas Doctor, a patched member of the Rebels motorcycle gang.

BTW there are legal ways to look behind paywalls - without paying.
I'd pay for quality journalism but there's little to none to be found in the NZ media.