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Police Double-dipping With Firearm Fee Proposals
Friday, 10 February 2023, 10:08 am | COLFO
Following last week’s revelation that firearm owners would be charged for burglary callouts under new Police fees, the Council of Licensed Firearm Owners (COLFO) has now revealed that the proposed extraordinary fee increases are due to Police wanting ... More >>
Police Fudge Real Costs To Justify Firearm License Fee Increases
Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 10:30 am | COLFO
Police have pulled costs out of thin air to create its consultation document for increased firearm license fees, says the Council of Licensed Firearm Owners (COLFO). COLFO spokesperson Hugh Devereux-Mack says the consultation document released by ... More >>
Increased Fees Will Force Firearms Owners To Forego License, Keep Firearms
Sunday, 11 December 2022, 1:15 pm | COLFO
Council of Licensed Firearm Owners (COLFO) spokesperson Hugh Devereux-Mack says raising firearms license fees by up to 400% during a cost-of-living crisis will prohibit many people from renewing their firearms license, but some will keep hold of their ... More >>
Police Minister Cannot Connect Firearm Club Regs With Terrorism
Tuesday, 15 November 2022, 12:07 pm | COLFO
The Council of Licensed Firearm Owners (COLFO) says firearm club members have been enraged at the Police Minister’s implication that the Christchurch terrorist was harboured by a firearm club that should have identified him, and that new laws would ... More >>
Piecemeal Police Gun Crime Data A ‘dangerous Embarrassment’
Wednesday, 7 September 2022, 9:04 am | COLFO
The Council of Licensed Firearm Owners (COLFO) says piecemeal publication of firearm crime data masks incompetent data collection by Police, increases public firearm fear, and hides the failure of the firearm confiscation programme. A story this week ... More >>
COLFO Worried Police Have Misinformed Another Minister
Thursday, 14 July 2022, 2:43 pm | COLFO
The Council of Licensed Firearm Owners (COLFO) says the new Police Minister, Chris Hipkins, should ask the Police for evidence on how gangs are obtaining firearms. Research previously released by COLFO from Police intelligence reports shows Police ... More >>
Security Breach Endangers Auckland Firearms Owners - COLFO
Thursday, 23 June 2022, 12:27 pm | COLFO
COLFO appreciates Police clarification that criminals had in their hands a list that may have contained details of at least 5,602 licensed firearms owners. Once the Police investigation is completed COLFO will ask members if they want a call ... More >>
Over 67,000 People And Their Property Endangered By Police Negligence - COLFO
Wednesday, 22 June 2022, 1:59 pm | COLFO
Confirmation today that a register of firearm owners stolen from Auckland Police station covers 2003-2018, means over 67,000 firearm owners and their private addresses may have been in the hands of criminals. The Council of Licensed Firearms Owners ... More >>
Burglary From Police Station Jeopardises Lives - COLFO
Wednesday, 8 June 2022, 2:57 pm | COLFO
The burglary of firearms owner’s details from the old Auckland police station is confirmation that Police cannot administer the Arms Act for the safety of New Zealand citizens, says the Council of Licensed Firearms Owners (COLFO). COLFO Spokesperson ... More >>
Firearm Legislation Changes Could Be Reversed
Saturday, 7 May 2022, 12:43 pm | COLFO
The coronial inquiry into the March 15 terror attack is now likely to highlight the inadequacy of the firearms legislation that was rushed through by Government afterwards, says the Council of Licensed Firearm Owners (COLFO). The coronial inquiry ... More >>
New Firearm Range And Club Rules “Excessive Beyond Stupid”
Saturday, 16 April 2022, 1:15 pm | COLFO
The Council of Licensed Firearm Owners (COLFO) has slammed a newly released 50-page set of rules for ranges and firearm clubs which its members say is illegitimate, unnecessary, and error-ridden. COLFO spokesperson Hugh Devereux-Mack explains that ... More >>
Withheld Firearm Data Shows Buyback Never Worked
Wednesday, 9 March 2022, 6:07 pm | COLFO
The “GunSafe” firearm data withheld from the New Zealand Herald for two years proves that the firearm confiscation following the Christchurch terror attack did not work, and the Government was wrong to act against licensed firearm owners. COLFO ... More >>
Police Apology Over March 15 Terror Attack Remains Hollow 3 Years Later
Monday, 7 March 2022, 9:08 am | COLFO
The Council of Licensed Firearms Owners (COLFO) is calling for Police to make good on their three-year old apology for firearm licensing errors which contributed to the deaths of 51 New Zealanders in 2019. Despite the Government accepting all Commission ... More >>
Punishment Of Licensed Firearms Owners Will Not Help Lower Crime Rates, Says COLFO
Friday, 21 January 2022, 8:36 am | COLFO
The Council of Licensed Firearms Owners (COLFO) says that punitive action from Police against legal firearms owners will not help reduce firearm thefts. Recently, Police Commissioner Andrew Coster indicated in the annual select committee review that licensed ... More >>
The Real Story Behind Firearms Misinformation
Tuesday, 18 January 2022, 8:37 am | COLFO
The public is in fear of firearm violence because of deliberate misinformation, but the real story is that the 2021 statistics on firearms violence are no different to the previous three years. President of the NZ Police Association Chris Cahill ... More >>
2021 Firearm Crime Shows New Zealand Is Not Getting Safer
Friday, 7 January 2022, 6:18 pm | COLFO
Gun crime over 2021 was comparable to the previous two years, showing that the Government’s much vaunted $150 million dollar gun buyback in 2019 has not made New Zealand a safer place, says COLFO. Police firearm data shows that there were over 900 firearm-related ... More >>
Gangs Could Avoid Firearms Register With One Simple Hack
Saturday, 11 December 2021, 5:09 pm | COLFO
A firearm register will not help track or remove firearms from gangs because it relies on serial numbers that Police now admit are almost always removed on the firearms seized. In a recent Official Information Act response given to the Council of Licenced ... More >>
Uncomfortable lessons from Auckland knife attack
Wednesday, 8 September 2021, 11:37 am | COLFO
The Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (COLFO) says uncomfortable lessons can be drawn from a knife attack on multiple people in an Auckland mall last week. More >>
Hate-speech Haste
Friday, 16 July 2021, 8:55 am | COLFO
By Hugh Devereux-Mack My father taught me that the key to success on the rifle range was to clearly identify your target, take time to breathe, and act consciously. This is true of life as well. The outcome of every task is affected ... More >>
Minister Has Power To Reduce Licence Backlog
Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 1:52 pm | COLFO
The Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (COLFO) has released correspondence to the Minister of Police that shows she has the power to reduce the backlog of firearms licence applications under the Arms Amendment Act. In December 2020 there was a backlog ... More >>
