Thread: Support for tighter Acat storage

Originally Posted by canross

In thinking about it further, if low quality A-Category storage lockers are the issue, it seems to me that Arms Officers are already capable of denying permission without a change in the laws. It is within their discretion to grant or deny storage, so without making it a legal requirement they could just decide to not pass flimsier safes. Is this not the case?

Yes, clearly FAOs have in the past approved storage that should perhaps not have been approved. No change in law, just need to watch the enforcers do their job properly.

The problem here is police watching police, perhaps supporting the idea of firearms officers' jobs should be done by a shooters organisation, e.g. NRA, NZDA or even the Blackpowder shoorters, but subject to police oversight. You'd soon find rules get adhered to, and the police busy checking on the checkers.