Bye B....

[king1]

Now no one knows how many guns are in new Zealand but we would probaly have rifle ownership comparable to US and Finland.
I await the negative internet bullies comments to my proposal.

You've got to be dreaming mate. The gun ownership situation in the US is absolutely huge. I've worked with US expats in the oil industry and their boasts of the extent of their and their mate's gun collections are eye watering. SM posts of families surrounded by their home's armoury would tend to support this.

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Self monitoring doesn't always work out that well, it would be especially problematic in this case where there are potential legal issues, and reliable and accurate information requirements etc etc.  Not sure volunteer's could be relied upon or used in this situation... and TBH the government could mandate it if they wanted and save themselves the $700 fee.  It needs to happen imho but obviously costs are going to have to be passed on and recovered...

There's also a major security issue with compiling a list of firearm locations if done by some volunteer contributor means. A potential shopping list for the crims?

agreed, that is probably the one major reason why a volunteer led register won't work.  Most firearms owners won't not be trusting enough to believe that the organisers can and will keep it secure...  None of them will want to make themselves targets...