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Gun Owners vs Police Trust | Auckland News
New Zealand’s firearms regulator is countering fiery claims from COLFO, who accuses police of bullying and overstepping with armed visits to homes, saying trust has collapsed since 2019. While COLFO’s rep Hugh Devereux-Mack welcomed the new independent regulator—Firearms Safety and Education New Zealand—set to launch by September, police say COLFO’s base is tiny (under 5% of 220k license holders) and their surveys are unreliable. Superintendent Bruce Bird insists public and gun-owner trust is rising, and the regulator will revoke licenses when needed—like in domestic violence cases—and that…
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