16 Oct 2019

Gun modifier kept busy ahead of destruction deadline

From Morning Report, 8:47 am on 16 October 2019

Owners of newly outlawed firearms have just over two months left to hand their guns in, or modify them. There've been calls for the December 20 deadline to be extended but the Police Minister Stuart Nash says that won't be happening. Gun law changes in the wake of the mosque attacks mean high calibre semi-automatic rifles, small calibre semi-automatics with magazines of more than 10 rounds and shotguns that can take more than five cartridges are illegal. Many can become legal if they're modified by a police-approved gunsmith. Invercargill's Greg Hudson is one of them and he says he's being kept busy.