Photo: Getty ImagesThe Government "extinguished all property rights of any kind" for gun owners when it brought in gun law reform last year, a court has heard. The Council of Licenced Firearms Owners (Colfo) is at the High Court in Wellington today seeking a judicial review of aspects of the Government's gun law reform, made after the Christchurch mosque attacks in March last year. "If central government powers are used to deprive lawful owners of property rights, such owners are entitled to proper compensation for the deprivation of such rights," said the Colfo application for judicial review. In court today, Colfo's lawyer Jack Hodder QC said gun and ammunition owners' property rights had been "extinguished". "All the property rights of value are gone."

Source: Otago Daily Times May 04, 2020 00:11 UTC