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Licensed firearms owners hoping ACT can convince scrapping the Firearms Registry

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Fri, 27 Oct 2023, 5:37pm
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Licensed firearms owners hoping ACT can convince scrapping the Firearms Registry

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 27 Oct 2023, 5:37pm

The Council of Licensed Firearms Owners is hoping ACT can score them a win in coalition negotiations.

Party leader David Seymour says he wants to get rid of the Firearms Registry, but will have to convince their coalition partner National.

Hugh Devereux-Mack told Jack Tame registering their firearms is burdensome and makes them a target.

He claims the register potentially puts them at risk by saying where they live, who is in the household and where the guns are stored.

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