RE: People this isn't hard…
April 10, 2016 at 2:47 pm
(This post was last modified: April 10, 2016 at 2:49 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
I'm sure I've posted this before, but this is the procedure of getting a gun license here:
1. Attend a safety course at a police station in your district. Sit and pass the test at the end of the course.
2. Fill in the application form.
3. Take your application to a PostShop and pay the fees:
-Basic license for sporting firearms or air rifles: $126.00
-Endorsements for pistols, shotguns, military style weapons, etc: $204.00 per endorsement
4. Go back to the police station where you took the safety course and bring with you: your application form; proof that you passed the safety course; two recent passport-style photos; three documents that prove your identity; contact information for two character referees - one must be your spouse, partner, or next of kin, the other must be someone over 20 years of age and known to you personally; and the receipt the PostShop gave you for paying your fees.
5. After reviewing and approving your documents, someone from the local police will 1) visit - in person - your two character references without you being present and 2) arrange to visit you at your home to interview you and approve your security arrangements for owning a firearm. You will fail the interview if the interviewer finds that:
-You have a history of violence.
-You've had repeated involvement with drugs.
-You've been irresponsible with alcohol.
-You have a personal or social relationship with people deemed to be unsuitable to be given access to firearms.
-You indicate a desire to use firearms for self-defense.
To pass the security review, you must
-Have a security system installed at your home that meets minimum standards.
-Have a secure, lockable rack, closet, steel cabinet or strongroom.
-Have a separate secure,lockable area for the storage of ammunition.
6. If you pass all of the above vetting, you will receive a firearms license good for ten years, at which point, you must apply for renewal. If your firearms license is ever suspended, you may reapply for renewal at the end of the suspension period.
With all of that to get through, NZ has about 25 guns per 100 residents, and a gun homicide rate of 0.18 per 100 000. So, it is clearly possible to have a society where responsible people can have access to firearms and at the same time have very rare instances of people shooting each other.
Boru
1. Attend a safety course at a police station in your district. Sit and pass the test at the end of the course.
2. Fill in the application form.
3. Take your application to a PostShop and pay the fees:
-Basic license for sporting firearms or air rifles: $126.00
-Endorsements for pistols, shotguns, military style weapons, etc: $204.00 per endorsement
4. Go back to the police station where you took the safety course and bring with you: your application form; proof that you passed the safety course; two recent passport-style photos; three documents that prove your identity; contact information for two character referees - one must be your spouse, partner, or next of kin, the other must be someone over 20 years of age and known to you personally; and the receipt the PostShop gave you for paying your fees.
5. After reviewing and approving your documents, someone from the local police will 1) visit - in person - your two character references without you being present and 2) arrange to visit you at your home to interview you and approve your security arrangements for owning a firearm. You will fail the interview if the interviewer finds that:
-You have a history of violence.
-You've had repeated involvement with drugs.
-You've been irresponsible with alcohol.
-You have a personal or social relationship with people deemed to be unsuitable to be given access to firearms.
-You indicate a desire to use firearms for self-defense.
To pass the security review, you must
-Have a security system installed at your home that meets minimum standards.
-Have a secure, lockable rack, closet, steel cabinet or strongroom.
-Have a separate secure,lockable area for the storage of ammunition.
6. If you pass all of the above vetting, you will receive a firearms license good for ten years, at which point, you must apply for renewal. If your firearms license is ever suspended, you may reapply for renewal at the end of the suspension period.
With all of that to get through, NZ has about 25 guns per 100 residents, and a gun homicide rate of 0.18 per 100 000. So, it is clearly possible to have a society where responsible people can have access to firearms and at the same time have very rare instances of people shooting each other.
Boru
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