@Timmay , good to see your post
Boom, cough,cough,cough
its going to fail, just a question of when. hell they couldnt even keep the register of B,C and E cat firearms current and accurate
I do struggle with the continued push from the powers that be with the statement that this is the most common way - it would seem that the published stats do not support this but there may well be some other set of stats that does back this up. On the recently published stats, it would seem that there is a very small group of people who were issued licences who subsequently were found to not meet the "fit and proper" test who did engage in straw buying and on selling - but also there were a group who lost firearms through criminal action i.e. burglary. Nothing I saw supported the statement the most common way criminals got firearms were through unlawful sales by firearms license holders. It would seem that "if you want to keep claiming it, prove it" needs to happen there.
Either way, I cannot work out how a registry will stop loss through direct criminal action i.e. burglary - and without a mechanism to verify that the registered numbers match the contents of the registered person's safe it will only stop the law abiding from breaking the law (which ironically is exactly what the current laws do just at much lower cost as the law abiding weren't breaking the law anyway).
If they had the figures, they’d be all over them. But it builds fear.
Boom, cough,cough,cough
What happens when say a registered semi auto shotgun is worn out or damaged and is no longer usable, what happens with it?
It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
Rule 1: Treat every firearm as loaded
Rule 2: Always point firearms in a safe direction
Rule 3: Load a firearm only when ready to fire
Rule 4: Identify your target beyond all doubt
Rule 5: Check your firing zone
Rule 6: Store firearms and ammunition safely
Rule 7: Avoid alcohol and drugs when handling firearms
The main problem I have with the security of the resgister is that once it's leaked, it can't be recalled or stopped. What I mean is all it takes it for an internal or external breach of security and the whole lot is out in the open. Details such as addresses, names, and FAL numbers can't be easily changed by saying "Don't worry, we caught the offender, gave him/her an ankle bracelet".
We the leakee's can't easily change our address or what we have registered to us. Identity theft would be the best outcome in a situation that gives criminals access to all of our details and addresses. Who's going to step in when rural firearms owners start getting targeted by criminals intent on taking guns? The police wouldn't have time to respond, a fog cannon won't help, and god forbid you point as much as a pen at an intruder....
It just needs to be leaked once.
IMO it's only a matter of time. Watching the talk that Mike Mcilraith gave to the Auckland Antique Arms assoc I recall him saying there were only about 20 sworn police officers out of 500 odd staff at Te Tari Pukeko. So you've got roughly 480 unsworn staff, many of whom will be helpdesk staff earning pretty average dollars, with at least some access to highly valuable (to the wrong sort of people anyway) private information. Sooner or later one of them will get leaned on by a gang and crack. Of course that's not to say that a sworn police officer has never been caught doing this type of thing...
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