Consequences From NZ Police Association Appearance On TVNZ Breakfast

Consequences From NZ Police Association Appearance On TVNZ BreakfastThe Council of Licensed Firearm Owners (COLFO) is concerned at the unsubstantiated and incomplete evidence that emerged in an interview on live television this week with President of the NZ Police Association, Chris Cahill. Cahill’s interview on TVNZ Breakfast’s show last Monday included the misleading claim that a firearm registry would have stopped the killing of a dairy owner and the shooting of Police Constable Matthew Hunt. A registry mostly works on serial numbers.”Cahill claimed the registry would make firearm owners improve security, so firearm thefts would consequently decrease. “Cahill cited a mystery reduction in firearm theft in Australia following the introduction of a registry, although there is no Australia-wide registry. There is also no reduction in firearm theft: it increased over the decade to 2018, from just over 1,700 a year in 2007-08 to nearly 3,300 in 2016 -17.”[2]/ENDS[1] https://nationalpost.com/opinion/gary-mauser-why-the-long-gun-registry-doesnt-work-and-never-did[2] https://www.aic.gov.au/publications/sr/sr24© Scoop Media