Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Scoop InfoPages
This InfoPage in unregistered, if this is your news page register Sporting Shooters Assn of NZ for InfoPages here.
Sporting Shooters Assn of NZ - Latest News [Page 1]
Sporting Shooters Assn Disappointed By McKee’s Bill Ignoring Private Landholder Liability Concerns Caused By Labour
Tuesday, 1 October 2024, 6:42 pm | Sporting Shooters Assn of NZ
The Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand is disappointed that the Arms (Shooting Clubs, Shooting Ranges, and Other Matters) Amendment Bill doesn’t bring positive change to landholders who are collateral damage thanks to Labour’s "shoot ... More >>
Police Omission On The Prevalence Of Homemade Firearms Seized, Raises Questions
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 10:30 am | Sporting Shooters Assn of NZ
The Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand is questioning why Police appear to not compile data that directly contradicts their claims on how effective the register will be. More >>
Sporting Shooters Association Of New Zealand Point Out That ‘High Risk’ Firearms Are Already In Circulation
Friday, 16 February 2024, 8:17 pm | Sporting Shooters Assn of NZ
SSANZ stands by Niru Wijesundara’s petition, and the comments made by COLFO in support of it. SSANZ stands by the fact that there are currently high risk’ firearms in circulation that pose no issue. Licensed firearms owners have access to a variety ... More >>
Media And Police Attribute Success Of Operation Dickinson To The Firearms Registry
Friday, 29 September 2023, 9:18 am | Sporting Shooters Assn of NZ
The Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand (SSANZ) is concerned about the political neutrality of New Zealand Police in the leadup to the 2023 General Election. We also have concerns about the media’s understanding of the Firearms Registry ... More >>
Police Aim To Price Shooters Out Of Their Sport, Hobby Or Business
Friday, 9 December 2022, 3:05 pm | Sporting Shooters Assn of NZ
In a discussion document released yesterday entitled Arms regulations: Review of fees 2022 Police seek to recover the full cost of administering many of the laws and regulations covering the ownership and use of firearms, together with partial ... More >>
Keeping Firearms Owners Safe From Who?
Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 3:33 pm | Sporting Shooters Assn of NZ
Superintendent Malthus says, ‘Keeping firearms owners safe is a key focus for Police’. Yeah Right! “Safe from who?”, asks Neville Dodd President of the Sporting Shooters Association. From our perspective the biggest threat and the most damage ... More >>
Why Is Auckland So Bad?
Tuesday, 14 June 2022, 9:46 am | Sporting Shooters Assn of NZ
Greater Auckland has the lowest rate of legal firearm ownership in the country with less than 3 % of the population being licensed, compared with 10.48 % of the population being licensed to own firearms in Southland. Yet South Auckland has a far higher ... More >>
Government Priorities Are Wrong
Friday, 20 May 2022, 12:00 pm | Sporting Shooters Assn of NZ
In announcing an additional $562 Million funding for police, outgoing Police Minister Poto Williams tries to give the impression that she is finally getting tough on criminals. However as Chaz Forsyth, President of the Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand ... More >>
NZ Police Betray Our Heritage And Conservation Ideals
Friday, 13 May 2022, 9:50 am | Sporting Shooters Assn of NZ
By proposing regulations that make it harder for shooting clubs and ranges to operate, along with imposing restrictions on how novices can enter the sport, police are attacking New Zealand conservation ideals and heritage. It has been estimated that recreational ... More >>
Have Police Lost The Plot?
Tuesday, 26 April 2022, 4:49 pm | Sporting Shooters Assn of NZ
New Zealand Police claim that in developing Regulations for shooting clubs and ranges they are simply following the law as prescribed by the Arms Legislation Act 2020. Laws passed by the government following advice from Police, that shooting clubs posed ... More >>
Sporting Shooters Join In “Howling Protest“
Thursday, 15 July 2021, 7:39 pm | Sporting Shooters Assn of NZ
Sporting shooters are getting involved with the “Howling Protest” planned for this Friday [16th July] as they too have been on the wrong end of Government decisions both financially and socially for being recreational New Zealanders. Neville Dodd, ... More >>
Gangs Still In Very Much In The Limelight
Thursday, 25 February 2021, 7:26 am | Sporting Shooters Assn of NZ
Raids, confiscation of assets and (some) gang members being allowed to legally buy firearms and ammunition still lead our national news bulletins, but it seems no-one has had the courage to ask if the Police and the Government have already lost the ... More >>
Royal Commission Report Is Just The Start
Friday, 27 November 2020, 9:32 am | Sporting Shooters Assn of NZ
The release of the Royal Commission of Inquiry report that looked into why the Police granted a gun license to the man who then committed the massacre on March the 15th last year is just the start, according to the Sporting Shooters Association of New ... More >>
New Police Minister Must Face Toughest Political Test
Wednesday, 25 November 2020, 4:27 pm | Sporting Shooters Assn of NZ
The new Police Minister Poto Williams is preparing for a test that will define her political career; a Royal Commission that could conclude there were fundamental failings in the Police Department and could expose attempts at misdirection over those failings. ... More >>
Tougher gun laws
Thursday, 15 September 2016, 10:03 am | Sporting Shooters Assn of NZ
A poll commissioned by TVNZ today indicates that 83% of New Zealanders feels a need for tougher gun laws. What this reveals is how poorly informed the general public is in regard to what is required to own a firearm in New Zealand. More >>
USA Pilot Gun Bill Passes, Due To Be Signed
Monday, 26 November 2001, 10:26 am | Sporting Shooters Assn of NZ
Senator Bob Smith's Bill to allow US pilots safely trained in gun handling to take firearms into cockpits, is due to be signed into law by Thanksgiving, (today). More >>
