Thread: How Could This Happen ?

Originally Posted by mucko

when i did my pistol licence i had to do 6 months probation, should all new firearms licence hold be made to do say the znda hunts coarse and be mentioned by a club member with nro qualifications for 6 months before being signed off as fit to use a firearm.?

I think that's a tricky one.
It's certainly not a bad idea in principle , but could possibly be a major hurdle for some to complete a course simply through geography. All well and good if you live somewhere close to where any potential courses would be held. But being in the South island in particular there could potentially be ALOT of travel to get to said courses.
We are in Nelson for example which may be okay as far as course setting goes but it's five hours travel to the next major city such as chch so could potentially be a 2 1/2 hr trip to get to a course and the same home again if you live somewhere in between.
Plus we don't want it priced out of reach either.
We need as many FAL holders as we can to join the ranks and help remove the demonization of gun ownership and stand against any new bs laws.
Like I said... tricky.
But there must be a middle ground that can be found to increase training and safety without putting off potential gun owners.
Well those are my thoughts anyway...