Thread: Thought I might post my response to NZ Fuzz consultation of licence costs.

Originally Posted by timattalon

Considering what we pay is for a service (subsidised or not) and considering the level of service the Licensed community has recieved over the last few years, I would say we are due a refund.....

If they want to charge more, I would suggest that first they have to PROVE they can actually do the job first before I give them a cent extra. And 15 months for a renewal (of 12 month endorsements ) is NOT doing the job to an acceptable standard.

Mark my words- all the additional funds will be syphoned off elsewhere like they have always done with FAL funding- It has been underfunded / raided for so long that they cannot be trusted to run it .....

While I share your your concerns about licence waiting times, I also think that has to be tempered with the fact that we had a series of lengthy lockdowns over two or more years. No firearms licensing could be done at level 2 or higher. That lead to a massive backlog.