A little softball on the questions, and giving the police a lot of extra credit, for things. Some points, from my experiences 53 minutes on hold on a Tuesday lunchtime, plus 23 minute conversation to register 2 rifles, that I couldn’t register online (types not in the system) And the biggest problem, is you can only ring them during work days/work hours. Which is quite hard (I took a day off work to ring and register mine). There is still a real attitude amongst firearm clubs, (at least ones I am a member of) that the police is the enemy, who is out to screw over the firearm community, which I think police will find hard to overcome.

Don't ignore us motorcyclists Mike. Just because we are in the 'too hard basket' doesn't mean the regulations (both real and made up) can exclude us, we have rights as well as responsibilities mate!

When I got my license I was very impressed with how helpfull the authorities were and how accessible and practical the code material was. It was well structured and reflected use of firearms in the real world. Apart from all the forms , getting my license was great alround experience

Most guns in NZ are not owned for hunting..... not much mention of that. It's the sport shooters that were so badly impacted by the cockamamie reaction to Chch...... Having lost 3 of my rifles and ended up about $2000 out of pocket, I cannot say that I am confident about the power that the register will give the government, as well as police. The view of guns in society has changed radically over the last 40 years, and not for the better. Many of us are feeling rather besieged..... we have recently been treated abominably by the powers that be, and we did no wrong at all.

great interview ferg and good questions! thank you!

Check the price of those guns…

Honestly .. if you shoot a human with a thermal imaging scope ..... call yourself Stevie Wonder

Sounds all pretty reasonable to me. Firearm registration and Police purchase approval for each and every firearm is what I grew up with.