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Scahill, Chris. 2018 ‘The Number of Legal Firearms in New Zealand.’ Official Information Act Disclosure IR-01-18-11101, p. 1. Wellington: New Zealand Police. 29 November

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Police does not know [sic.] how many legally owned firearms there are in New Zealand.

The Arms Act 1983 does not require firearms licence holders to register firearms that they possess, therefore, there is no record of the majority of firearms possessed in New Zealand.

Justice TM Thorp in his 1997 Review of Firearms Control in New Zealand Report of an Independent Inquiry commissioned by the Minister of Police estimated the number of firearms in the civilian armoury in 1996-1997 to be between 700,000 to 1 million. In 2016, using the same methodology, Police estimated a maximum of 1.2 million legal firearms existed in the civilian armoury in 2014.

A specific endorsement is required for each military style semi-automatic, pistol, and restricted weapon. There are currently 65,837 MSSAs, pistols, and restricted weapons linked to active firearms licence holders with endorsements.

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