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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 >>
Data Undermining Firearm Registry Was Not Disclosed To Parliament
Saturday, 27 January 2024, 3:33 pm | COLFO
The Council of Licensed Firearm Owners (COLFO) has today called for the resignation of the Police Commissioner after evidence emerged that suggests data proving the impracticality of the Firearms Registry was never shown to Parliament. COLFO has ... More >>
Media Led Into Incorrectly Crediting Firearm Registry
Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 11:32 am | COLFO
Media have once again been led into incorrect reporting on the firearm registry, this time repeating claims that the new firearms registry enabled identification of a firearm on-seller, even though the data had been collected separately by Police ... More >>
Public Opinion: Firearm Crime Up And Registry Won’t Reduce It
Tuesday, 12 September 2023, 6:04 am | COLFO
A new survey has revealed that the public are noticing more firearm crime, but believe the firearm registry won’t reduce it, gravely weakening claims that the public support a registry. A Clarity Insight poll run at the end of August for COLFO (Council ... More >>
New Government Will Be Held Responsible For Registry Success
Wednesday, 9 August 2023, 3:48 pm | COLFO
COLFO says a survey by Gun Control NZ shows 2.8 million people will be furious when their support for a firearm registry proves to have been misplaced, as it was for the 2019 firearm confiscation. COLFO spokesperson Hugh Devereux-Mack says whatever ... More >>
Resignations Are An Appropriate Response For Firearm Data Breach
Thursday, 27 July 2023, 3:52 pm | COLFO
CO LFO says the Police Minister should treat very seriously the latest data breach caused by the new Firearm Safety Authority, by promising an explanation, a fix, compensation for affected people, and resignations if errors are made again. COLFO spokesperson ... More >>
