Gun control retards check this out
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/...-out-to-owners
Police collected 1078 firearms, and $6.2m was spent running the buyback and amnesty.
Just over $2.4m was spent paying compensation to firearms owners, while the rest, the police say, was spent on things like staffing, information and communications technology, information and advertising campaigns, and other administrative costs.
One year later
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/...s-data-reveals
10:35 am today
Firearms injuries and deaths occurring at record rates, data reveals
On Monday, New Zealand's Deputy Commissioner Mike Clement said that a website used by firearms owners to register and relinquish their weapons was subject to a security lapse, in which an arms dealer notified the police that they were able to access other account information without permission.
Names, addresses, dates of birth, firearms license numbers and bank account details were accessible, as reported by The Guardian, in what Nicole McKee, from the Council of Licensed Firearms Owners called a "shopping list for criminals."
Once made aware of the incident, Clement says that the platform was immediately shut down and will not be used again until law enforcement is sure it is safe to do so. If security issues remain, criminals may be able to gain access to lists of weapons and parts -- as well as their locations -- ahead of the amnesty and buyback system's closure, potentially resulting in theft or owners being put at risk.
Until the issue is resolved, law enforcement will be relying on manual registration methods.
"We have been able to identify the error back to an update made by our vendor last week which provided dealers a higher level of access to the notifications database," Clement said. "The update was not authorized by police [...] We take the privacy of the public information we hold seriously and we will undertake our own additional checks to ensure the system is secure before the online notification platform is reestablished."