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Arms Bill Endangers Public
Wednesday, 12 February 2020, 4:07 pm | NZ Council Of Licensed Firearms Owners
The Arms Bill reported back to Parliament from Select Committee amounts to legislative endangerment of the public, according to Nicole McKee, spokesperson for the Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (COLFO). McKee said today that the Bill maintained the ... More >>
A mere 7% support Arms Bill
Friday, 7 February 2020, 11:12 am | NZ Council Of Licensed Firearms Owners
The Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (COLFO) has warned that the Arms Bill being considered today in private by a Select Committee is on “shaky ground” after being widely discredited by submitters. More >>
Firearm Registration Will Not Stop Criminals Using Them
Tuesday, 28 January 2020, 1:35 pm | NZ Council Of Licensed Firearms Owners
TUESDAY 28 JANUARY 2020 The Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (COLFO) says the public is intensely worried by a rise in gang and firearm crime, but the Government’s firearms register is a “weak and illogical” response. More >>
Collectors reveal "deeply sad" loss of New Zealand history
Saturday, 21 December 2019, 6:42 pm | NZ Council Of Licensed Firearms Owners
Two Otorohanga collectors, Kath Arnold and Andrew Barker, have told the story of the loss of New Zealand and world history in firearm collections destroyed under the ban that came into force today. More >>
Police security camera database treats everyone as criminal
Tuesday, 17 December 2019, 5:33 pm | NZ Council Of Licensed Firearms Owners
A plan to include images of licenced firearm owners alongside prisoners and sex offenders on a facial recognition system that monitors security cameras further demonises law abiding people. More >>
COLFO Confirms Number of Banned Firearms in NZ
Sunday, 15 December 2019, 4:22 pm | NZ Council Of Licensed Firearms Owners
COLFO Confirms Number of Banned Firearms in New Zealand at Upper End of Police Estimates SUNDAY 15 DECEMBER 2019 More >>
Arms Bill changes admission of deep flaws
Thursday, 12 December 2019, 5:10 pm | NZ Council Of Licensed Firearms Owners
Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (COLFO) says the announcement today of three changes to the Arms Bill should be the start of a large-scale rewrite, or even eventual abandonment. More >>
Police intimidation adverts irresponsible - COLFO
Wednesday, 11 December 2019, 10:22 am | NZ Council Of Licensed Firearms Owners
The Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (COLFO) is calling out Police for stepping up their intimidation campaign of licenced firearms owners as the deadline for firearms compensation draws near. More >>
COLFO Reveals Mail Privacy Breaches
Thursday, 5 December 2019, 2:15 pm | NZ Council Of Licensed Firearms Owners
Images show enveloped letters from NZ Police and Customs which allow anyone handling the mail to identify the recipients as licenced firearms owners, without having to open it. More >>
Amnesty Pointless without Compo Extension
Wednesday, 20 November 2019, 2:11 pm | NZ Council Of Licensed Firearms Owners
Extending the amnesty period for the return of banned firearms is utterly pointless unless the compensation period is extended as well, says the Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (COLFO). More >>
Extensions must be across all responses to mosque attack
Wednesday, 13 November 2019, 4:39 pm | NZ Council Of Licensed Firearms Owners
The extension of the Royal Commission report to 30 April 2020 means all other government responses to the mosque attack should be equally delayed, according to the Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (COLFO). More >>
Listen to experts, evidence on firearms registry failures
Tuesday, 12 November 2019, 3:14 pm | NZ Council Of Licensed Firearms Owners
The Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (COLFO) is urging politicians to heed evidence from respected international experts on why a proposed firearms registry in New Zealand is doomed to fail. More >>
COLFO ammo court battle "a test for all Kiwis"
Monday, 11 November 2019, 4:11 pm | NZ Council Of Licensed Firearms Owners
The Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (COLFO) has asked the High Court to review the new regulation banning several classes of firearms ammunition. More >>
More firearms likely to be prohibited despite "final" list
Friday, 25 October 2019, 3:07 pm | NZ Council Of Licensed Firearms Owners
The announcement by Police today that another 39 specific firearms are banned means Minister of Police Stuart Nash must extend the amnesty period to prevent creation of “paper criminals”, says the Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (COLFO). More >>
Is steel shot now outlawed? Our lawyers respond to F&G
Wednesday, 16 October 2019, 8:39 am | NZ Council Of Licensed Firearms Owners
This afternoon Fish & Game posted a public statement responding to my email to supporters this morning – specifically rejecting our claim that steel shot is now deemed "enhanced penetration ammunition" and therefore possession of ... More >>
COLFO plans court action over ammo ban
Monday, 14 October 2019, 3:15 pm | NZ Council Of Licensed Firearms Owners
The Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (COLFO) is recommending members hold on to potentially illegal shotgun shells containing steel shot until the law banning certain types of ammunition is clarified. More >>
Arms Bill a Legislative Colander
Sunday, 13 October 2019, 1:42 pm | NZ Council Of Licensed Firearms Owners
Arms Bill a Legislative Colander: Must Be Rewritten SUNDAY 13 OCTOBER 2019 The Arms Bill has been written so poorly than it must be abandoned and rewritten, according to the Council of Licenced Firearm Owners, COLFO. More >>
Gangs Promise to Sign up to Firearm Registry
Saturday, 12 October 2019, 12:01 pm | NZ Council Of Licensed Firearms Owners
The Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (COLFO) is calling on New Zealand’s growing gangland community to front up and tell police how many firearms they possess and how many of their members are licenced to own and use them. More >>
Rushed Reforms Well Off-Target
Thursday, 26 September 2019, 10:18 am | NZ Council Of Licensed Firearms Owners
The Government’s latest batch of proposed firearms law reforms won’t keep people safer and could even put more firearms in the hands of criminals, says the Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (COLFO). More >>
Nationwide hearings needed on firearms law
Monday, 16 September 2019, 5:00 pm | NZ Council Of Licensed Firearms Owners
The Council of Licensed Firearms Owners (COLFO) says the Government should take its proposed firearms legislation to the people with a touring Select Committee, as it just has with the Zero Carbon bill. More >>
