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Firearm Registry Is An “Expensive Illusion" Of Safety
Sunday, 11 May 2025, 2:40 pm | COLFO
COLFO recommends the Government reviews the registry each year, looking for a downward trend in firearm crime once half the licensed firearm owners are registered. This was the premise on which the registry was introduced; that registering firearms would ... More >>
Firearms Owners “Will Stockpile Ammo” Ahead Of Deadline
Tuesday, 22 April 2025, 10:12 am | COLFO
The ammunition deadline is the final stage in events which require owners to register firearms with the Government Registry. Other events include applying for a licence, buying a firearm, changing address or reporting theft. More >>
Trust In Police Rises For First Time Since 2019, But Trust In Data Safety Declines
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 10:14 am | COLFO
COLFO’s latest Trust and Confidence Survey shows a slight uptick in the trust firearms owners have in Police, led by increased confidence in the new Firearms Safety Authority. It’s the first improvement since trust declined year-on-year following Labour’s ... More >>
Mass-3D-printed Firearms Aren’t The Problem. It’s The Tiny Metal Parts That Make Them Dangerous
Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 1:55 pm | COLFO
While criminals can 3D print 90% of a black-market firearm, there are still metal parts – like springs, slides and receivers – which criminals must obtain from other means. More >>
Firearms Owners Want Shooting Ranges In Every Major City
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 12:12 pm | COLFO
Independent firearms experts have pointed out New Zealand has one of the lowest rates of club membership among licensed firearm owners, with only 5% of the firearm owning population belonging to a local club or range. More >>
Arms Act Rewrite Must Reduce Racism In Firearms Licensing - COLFO
Monday, 24 February 2025, 9:03 am | COLFO
COLFO wants objective criteria enshrined in the Act to guide firearms license assessors on what makes a ‘fit and proper’ person. “Applicants should not need to worry about being treated unfairly due to prejudices held by their assigned Arms Officer,” ... More >>
COLFO Says Public Submissions Will Support Arms Act Rewrite
Wednesday, 19 February 2025, 8:15 am | COLFO
“Many agree that the Act has become too complicated, after successive Governments introduced hasty amendments to combat gun crime. The reality is that none of it worked, and gun crime is still on the rise," says COLFO spokesperson Hugh Devereux-Mack. More >>
New Data: Police Firearm Accidents Five Times Higher Than Licensed Firearm Owners
Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 1:46 pm | COLFO
Data obtained through the Official Information Act (OIA) reveals that between 2019 and 2023, there were 30 accidental firearm discharges (excluding police college incidents), two of which resulted in non-fatal gunshot wounds to Police officers requiring hospitalisation. More >>
COLFO Welcomes Government Start Of Arms Act Rewrite
Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 3:15 pm | COLFO
COLFO Spokesperson Hugh Devereux-Mack says multiple hasty revisions of the Act by successive Governments have made New Zealand’s legal firearm system fractured and confused. More >>
Police Officer Allegedly Hides Illegal Firearm Purchases Using Register
Friday, 29 November 2024, 8:59 am | COLFO
COLFO is particularly aggrieved that the internal Police investigation found no wrongdoing on the part of the officer, before the IPCA got involved. More >>
Police With “Pistols On The Hip” Will Result In The Death Of Innocent People
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 2:54 pm | COLFO
Devereux-Mack says the risk of ordinary citizens being shot by criminals with firearms is too small to justify introducing permanently armed Police. New Zealand currently has about 2.5 gun-related deaths per million people. The United States has about ... More >>
Police Leak Owner And Location Of “Greatest Machine Gun Ever Made”
Friday, 15 November 2024, 1:20 pm | COLFO
The Council of Licensed Firearm Owners is outraged by the error, pointing at multiple promises from Government and Police, and personal guarantees from Ministers, that private firearm information was safe and would never be released. More >>
Police Responsibility To Close MSSA “Loophole” Before 2019, Not Firearm Owners
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 12:03 pm | COLFO
COLFO Spokesperson Hugh Devereux-Mack says Police are shirking responsibility for their failure to close the MSSA loophole, and the media are aiding them. More >>
Police Hid Truth About Tarrant Licensing, Inciting Needless Law Changes And Gun Buyback
Tuesday, 8 October 2024, 5:19 pm | COLFO
The admission by Firearms Safety Authority Director Mike McIlraith in the Christchurch Masjidain Attack Coronial Inquiry that Police incorrectly gave Tarrant a firearm licence, contradicts an uncorrected Police claim in March 2019 that ushered in new ... More >>
Politics Beats Reason To Keep Rules On Firearm Clubs And Ranges
Friday, 27 September 2024, 4:04 pm | COLFO
COLFO spokesperson Hugh Devereux-Mack says the firearm community is right to be disappointed with the Coalition Government for not delivering the full repeal of Section 6 that National and ACT had jointly promised. More >>
COLFO Welcomes New Clubs, Rules After Committee Finds Police Commissioner’s Powers "At Odds With Privacy Commissioner"
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 1:05 pm | COLFO
The regulations allowed the Commissioner of Police to use information supplied by members of firearm clubs to effectively sign them up to the firearms registry without their consent. The Committee says it has now raised the issue with the responsible ... More >>
Order In Council Rarely Appropriate For Firearms Law
Monday, 16 September 2024, 2:28 am | COLFO
COLFO strongly encourages Governments to use the full legislative process, including public consultation with vulnerable communities, for significant changes, to create enduring firearms laws that increase public safety. More >>
Cahill’s ‘Nonsense’ Cuts Out Police Association - COLFO
Tuesday, 13 August 2024, 10:11 am | COLFO
The Council of Licensed Firearm Owners (COLFO) says the Police Association has been excluded from preliminary consultation over firearm laws because Chris Cahill talks ‘nonsense’. More >>
Correction: Complaints About Firearm Club And Ranges
Wednesday, 26 June 2024, 4:39 pm | COLFO
COLFO has today corrected claims made to media this week by the Federation of Islamic Associations of NZ, and the Police Union, about consultation for easing rules on firearm clubs and ranges. More >>
Statement From Brad Gallop, Chairperson, Council Of Licensed Firearm Owners
Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 4:22 pm | COLFO
Statement from Brad Gallop, Chairperson, Council of Licensed Firearm Owners, addressing comments made about the firearm law reform proposal process in a story published by Stuff today . "The Minister’s Arms Advisory Group (MAAG) assisted the Government ... More >>
