Yep I had to re-read that sentence lol
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Yep I had to re-read that sentence lol
Police website.............. https://www.police.govt.nz/advice-se...aland-firearms
And the relevant section which states...'Anyone can use a hunting and target shooting rifle or shotgun without a licence if they are under the immediate supervision of a licence holder. ‘Immediate supervision’ means the licensed person is within reach and can control the firearm. The supervisor must not be using another firearm at the same time.'
Its not a case of them not reading from the same page from the same book, they aren't even in the same fucking library!!! No wonder the firearms licensing procedure is such a mess.
The Police website says "use" and "using", so I take that to mean the supervisor can have another firearm, and can shoot, but you shouldn't both be shooting at the same time.
Most of my hunts nowadays are with an unlicensed inexperienced young fella or two and I only take the one rifle, but thats my personal preference.
emailed in a complaint to the complaints authority today - unacceptable.
1) the huge delay
2) Police refusal to clarify what I had to do when my licence expired - could I still store my firearms? I live on a farm - am I still able to conduct pest control? Do I need to hand my firearms to someone else to hold? couldn't get answers other than my renewal was submitted in early December, is in process and hopefully wont be far away...
My renewal turned up today, March 18 to May 12th. Not bad
Good looks and charm lads ;)
5 1/2 months - my reference person (non related) has now been interviewed, I haven't heard anything yet but hopefully its getting done now...
Got my renewal licence yesterday.
4 month wait from start of application to new licence in my hand.
my brother has waited 8 months so far
Some facts and figures. It has been 285 days since I applied as a first-time applicant and 72 days since my interview and safe inspection. I've been told I should have the card in roughly a month three times now - I'm halfway through the third. At least last time I was told that the card had actually been ordered - but with the delays so far I'm teetering between hope and despair by the hour. Leaning into the despair right now as I suspect the card has been lost by the post. Otherwise I'm unsure how it can take up to a month for a card to be produced and posted. Anyone have some inside knowledge there?
Good to know it does actually take that long. My 3 weeks will be on Monday. I'll chase up at 4 if not received by then (otherwise I assume I'll be told to wait).
Wife's new card turned up the day before we shifted to a new farm, so now it is lost. It took them 15.5 months to process her renewal. Now we get to find out how long they take to process a replacement :thumbsup:
Mine took 6 months, fukd up my roar though and opening weekend for ducks....:sick:
6 months today since I applied for renewal - have had the interviews etc a couple of weeks ago so with some luck the card will arrive soon...
didn't go to a lawyer but have lodged an official complaint to the Independent Police Complaint Authority (which states it can take up to 4 months) - and i'm certain that is the only reason I have now been interviewed as the local arms office phoned to apologize and the vetter phoned me to say she had been instructed to urgently conduct my interviews / security check within 2 weeks of lodging...
So the answer is to submit your application and IPCA complaint at the same time. :thumbsup:
Ok so I store a few rifles for an estate, Mr Plod has them noted as me holding them, Son has sold one to a mate, no prob with that, new owner is calling to my place to pick up. Now I sight his firearms licence and then notify said Plod to get said firearm off my ticket. Is there anything else I must do to keep everybody safe?
Never hurts to send a polite email to ask how things are going. I just did and got an immediate reaction within 1 day of my inquiry last week so that was good
Yeah, if anything, Central have been prompt in their email responses.
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...:XD:), 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....
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.
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.
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.