Thread: Firearm licencing

Took three working days for the Police to process my speeding ticket and deliver it to my RD mail box this week (for doing 94kph with an empty trailer on my 200 series...), yet this backlog of firearms licenses and issues sounds like it isn't getting much better? Something tells me that it's either waaaaay down their priority list or its deliberate.

Another update. My card was never produced because of an unknown fault. It has been produced now (or so I'm told) and it's going to take up to 6 weeks for it to be delivered.

So does that mean that we should have zero tolerance for the police stuff up with Chch killer getting licensed and any and all other police failures to obey the laws of our country???? Next thing you know there'll be a Police complaints complaints department for them to complain about our complaints.... Hurry up covid....

Originally Posted by 35whelen

So does that mean that we should have zero tolerance for the police stuff up with Chch killer getting licensed and any and all other police failures to obey the laws of our country???? Next thing you know there'll be a Police complaints complaints department for them to complain about our complaints.... Hurry up covid....

comments like THIS....are the very reason the licencing is NOW taking so long....you cant have it both ways....when you bitch n moan they werent doing the job correctly,they will make sure to double cross T and double dot I from this day forthwith...... all that cross reference checking etc is going to take longer....and nobody wants to make the next cockup so they will be going slower still to be 100% sure n certain before signing off on licence.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

comments like THIS....are the very reason the licencing is NOW taking so long....you cant have it both ways....when you bitch n moan they werent doing the job correctly,they will make sure to double cross T and double dot I from this day forthwith...... all that cross reference checking etc is going to take longer....and nobody wants to make the next cockup so they will be going slower still to be 100% sure n certain before signing off on licence.

why cant they just do it the old way?? this shit didn't happen back then and it didn't take long to process....until they decided to streamline the process just another good idea from this mob why the fuk would you streamline the process of issuing someone with the means to legally use a firearm....

Originally Posted by 35whelen

So does that mean that we should have zero tolerance for the police stuff up with Chch killer getting licensed and any and all other police failures to obey the laws of our country???? Next thing you know there'll be a Police complaints complaints department for them to complain about our complaints.... Hurry up covid....

pretty soon if you speak out against them it will be hate speech. Nice simple solution to that pesky little problem...

It was announced a year or two ago that the policy for speeding was changing and it was zero tolerance. It used to be a 5 or 10 kph over policy. They had applied the zero tolerance policy on some long weekends (announced on TV and radio), and in school zones.
1 kph over the limit has always been breaking the law, but now they enforce it.

Originally Posted by Cigar

It was announced a year or two ago that the policy for speeding was changing and it was zero tolerance. It used to be a 5 or 10 kph over policy. They had applied the zero tolerance policy on some long weekends (announced on TV and radio), and in school zones.
1 kph over the limit has always been breaking the law, but now they enforce it.

Which is unreasonable given the accuracy of car speedometers

Originally Posted by Danger Mouse

Which is unreasonable given the accuracy of car speedometers

Just about all speedos read higher than actual speed, putting larger diameter tyres on can stuff up that though.

One of our workers has now been waiting a year for his FAL, told me he sat the practical test 12 months to the day yesterday.

It's called Rule creep.... or frog in a pot syndrome. Throw a frog into a pot of warm water and it jumps out.... throw it into cold water and slowly heat it up, the frog falls asleep and dies.....
Our rules and taxes have been slowly changing for the past 40 years.
Remember when you could park your car up for a few years. Pull it out get a wof re rego it and away you'd go. Not any more...now you have to put it on hold and if you don't remember that the debt collector arrives with a big bill....
Speed cameras give you a fine but they don't stop you for 15 minutes and write you a ticket and check out the vehicle?
Call me old fashioned but police out there patrolling the streets and highways is better than a $250k camera snitching on ya and stuffing the Gov't bank account...
The law is the law and no one should be above it.. You do realize that if Chch mass murderer hadn't been able to get license to get weapons ! There's a fair chance that the buyback would not have happened... any way not going to change it now..... The anti gun movement has made the most of the event to push their agendas and ideals.... nothing new really.

Originally Posted by 35whelen

It's called Rule creep.... or frog in a pot syndrome. Throw a frog into a pot of warm water and it jumps out.... throw it into cold water and slowly heat it up, the frog falls asleep and dies.....

Just FYI, that's been proven to be bollocks. The frog jumps out.

Bought a box of ammo today, the new purchasing rules are inact. I had to provide my license and cell no#, while cockey behind the counter spent 5 mins punching in info. no qualms but interesting nonetheless.

Hey guys . Been bloody years since ive commented on this forum . However , regarding the licensing. A good mate of mine recently got put through the ringer by the cops for a accusation that thank god got proved false . He lost his licence when he got charged but now that hes been cleared of any wrong doing cant get any answers as to wether he can have his licence back or re apply .
Has anyone else been through this ? Feel free to pm me . Cheers !


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your local copper who does licences is a good fella...... stay calm,stay cool and be polite.....hopefully all will be seen in better light and will blow over and all can go back to normal.....no point in getting het up about things,it makes you look un fit..... thats my advice.
my UNDERSTANDING of things...if its been revoked...very very hard to get back
if its been handed back or suspended.....not so much.
good luck,keep us posted please.