Thread: Firearms Safety Authority

The postal bidding form for a firearms auction I was keen on, required me to record:

1. my firearms licence "version", and

2. which "C" endorsement I had, either C1, C2, C3 or C4.

I couldn't answer these in spite of a lengthy search online, so I rang the NZ Firearms Safety Authority, Te Tari Pureke. This is the newly established unit which has 470 staff and deals with all firearms legislative and licencing issues. The person who took my call, told me the licence version I had was recorded on my firearms licence. When I told her my licence pre-dated this innovation, she was stumped. Then, when I enquired about the multiple endorsement categories, she told me she wasn't aware of these, and couldn't help me..

Roll on, the firearms register.