Scottish certificate renewals are taking 9 months, says BASC

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Re: Scottish certificate renewals are taking 9 months, says

#61 Post by Sixshot6 »

saddler wrote:We'd only be "refugees" if we come over with no paperwork & a desire to never integrate with the locals - so three weeks maybe?

....off to check what colour star the KZ-Lager poliitco's had to wear...
True I forgot about that, oh and don't forget creating a mess, complaining about slow broadband, lying about your source of origin and being a general menace to society. Then you'd be covered. What a crazy time we live in.

I'm not that old but I can't see my last days or even my middle days living in the uk.
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Re: Scottish certificate renewals are taking 9 months, says

#62 Post by saddler »

Drove from Calais to Eindhoven at the weekend

Never passed ANY place I'd not have been happy to relocate to - even, hack, cough, Belgium!

If some EU countries are taking asylum seekers in, where do I apply for Finland?
Sweden needs to maintain the posture on asylum seekers but turn the trend back - I'm sure some light skinned heavily armed folk who are keen to integrate would balance the scales quite nicely
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Re: Scottish certificate renewals are taking 9 months, says

#63 Post by Sixshot6 »

saddler wrote:Drove from Calais to Eindhoven at the weekend

Never passed ANY place I'd not have been happy to relocate to - even, hack, cough, Belgium!

If some EU countries are taking asylum seekers in, where do I apply for Finland?
Sweden needs to maintain the posture on asylum seekers but turn the trend back - I'm sure some light skinned heavily armed folk who are keen to integrate would balance the scales quite nicely
I fancy Finland too, more so than Sweden. They're a bit more on the ball and have Heavy Metal Church's. And I bet those said church's don't want to make a worship space for muslims and rip down crosses. Back on Topic, the state of Scotland the uk in general makes me physically ill at times. I don't know who I dislike more in terms of who's in charge. Its a tough one. The only saving grace we have right now is that Teresa May is not the biggest fan of the top coppers and may tell them to f*** off with some of their FAC demands. Even if just to spite them and not because she likes us.
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Re: Scottish certificate renewals are taking 9 months, says

#64 Post by Mike357 »

Renewal date came and went. Checked with Police Scotland if I should deposit firearms with my RFD and was advised my temp certificates would be posted out. They arrived today. lol lol lol

They also asked me during the home visit if I'd like to tell them where I stash my safe keys, politely declined.
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#65 Post by mr smith »

Jings Tayside as it was were usually on the ball,another success chalked for police Scotland.Still waiting on my ticket back for a variation for one of those scandalously dangerous airWEAPON things.
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Re: Scottish certificate renewals are taking 9 months, says

#66 Post by Mike357 »

Renewal submitted at the beginning of Sept for an Oct 12th expiry date.

Home visit as per previous post. First phone call to iron out a couple errors on the form. Not sure whether my end or theirs.

Temp certificate arrived, valid for 1 month.

Phone call last Friday from the head of Firearms & Licencing clarifying ammo allowances. He suggested my requests for ammo for the new slots was a little high and he was looking to reduce. Told him I'd buy in bulk at Bisley etc. Ok he said, we'll get your Certs issued ASAP. Phonecall today, ready for collection.

Where do BASC get 9 months from? If I'd have submitted it when I got the letter I'd have had my Certs by the renewal date.
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Re: Scottish certificate renewals are taking 9 months, says

#67 Post by mr smith »

Did you ask him where my variation is????
Anyway good news finally Mike.Some areas seem to coping better with the new regime than other.Sounds like Aberdeen are still doing well but lothian and borders appear to be struggling.
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