Thread: Colfo Announce Firearms Registry Review

Yes and no, theres a huge amount of other pressures on a lot of these guys and they (in a lot of cases anyway) just don't have the energy to devote to that. Staffing woes, can't get staff or when they do turn into a bloody nightmare (drugs, attendance, theft, hangers on creating damage etc, not doing the damn job when they do turn up), mechanical issues with gear, contractors pissing the world off, suppliers not doing the job, Fonterra etc (nuff said), council and regulatory hurdles, blah blah blah blah blah.

I know of one outfit where their answer was build a trickier fence by digging out and supporting their land side of the boundary fence. I looked sideways at the fella, and said it won't stop them jumping in???? What you up to Willus? He replied I know, I want them to jump in. Then I can shoot them at my convenience during the daytime so I don't have to be on the farm 14-16 hours a day and again 6 hours at night doing pest control... Roger, right you are...

I've taken a few pesky thieves off a few local places as a favour - but no way I'd meet the definition as a 'P' operator with that but there is a real shortage of people A) willing to do the work and B) able to put safety plans in place to meet the health and safety requirements.