Thread: How to lose your NZ Firearms License?

My issue with the legislation is the word "opinion", in essence it would suggest that the opinion was formed after a review of the evidence presented to justify the firearms licence being revoked, however it is subjective.
No problem if there is a conviction or proof of criminal offending but the openness of the legislation is a concern.
We have to be careful of what we believe and are fed from the media as in my mind they have no credibility at all, don't believe the Police are out to take all the firearms away, the Government maybe as it is they who draft and pass laws, I say this because of the following.
I was recently the referee for a guy who when he was 17 was convicted of some drug offences and did home detention. He delayed his licence application for 8 years as he hoped to prove he had moved on. Since his conviction he had done an apprenticeship, is in full time employment and has not had any further convictions.
This came up in the interview, but was not a focus and in the mind of the Police officer doing the licence was not a big deal. He made his decision based on the present not the past. The licence was issued, no problem.