Thread: Mail order firearm loophole??????????

Originally Posted by Kscott

It was a flaw in the system, not a loophole.

And the flaw is that us Kiwi's are trusting people, so if a piece of paper arrived with a signature that says "I'm a Police Officer" people tend to accept it at face value. Irrespective of the legality of the signature. A minority number of people would take steps to check the details.

Park a van with a flashing yellow light on top in the middle of the street, and wear a high-viz vest and you'll get the same response. As a nation we're very trusting that what we see is what we want to see, and so trust and accept.

How would you go about checking the authenticity of the police sign-off at the bottom of the mail order form????