A £200 ticket

[Charlotte the flyer]

Plod wants you to pay more for a ticket. Marvelous.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... hiefs.html

[IainWR]

I will happily pay £200 for a 15-year ticket.

Volume of admin reduced by a factor of three at a stroke. Income per shooter up 33%. FEOs freed up to concentrate properly on the dodgy cases. Happy shooters, happy FEOs. Win all round.

[kennyc]

is this Andy Marsh, Chief Constable of Hampshire Police, who recently apologised for their abysmal performance and unnecessary delays in offering a service?

[dave_303]

Why don't they do something logical? Namely (I believe BASC and the NRA recommended this) and do away with the variations. You have a Section 1 permit, therefore you can buy what rifles you want as long as you can store them.

[Gaz]

We all know what'll happen - an FAC will go up to £200 and its duration will be cut to two or three years before renewal.

Adminstrative action is always more effective than direct action, as I expect the police will know well.

[Charlotte the flyer]

Why does it have to be self funding? Your NHS treatment isn't, your childs education isn't, your benefits aren't if you're ever on the dole.

Not starting a rant, just saying, plus shooters are already paying for the police through council tax each year anyway.

[MartinS]

Broody twasers!! Hopefully it won't happen but who knows these days!

[20series]

Just got my car tax renewal..£175 for a year...kind of puts it into perpesctive

Alan

[whoowhoop]

And just what exactly will we be getting in return for this proposed above inflation increase?
Fully trained, competent and unbiased FEO's?
A reasonable turnaround in applications and renewals?
A properly managed and updated national database?
A national standard of service delivery from all forces?

Will we ####!

[Sim G]

Shotgun and firearms owners should pay significantly more for licenses to meet a huge funding gap in managing the gun control scheme, the association of chief police officers has said.

So ACPO has said....? So what? ACPO is a private limited company with an £18million a year turn over. It's a non-elected, "boys club", profiteering from their public appointments.

If there's a shortfall in the funding, manage it within the constraints given you. That's your job.....