If you want to know what the next lot of restrictions on firearms/shooting will be just read the 1973 Green Paper ref: HO 288/156 (based on The McKay report). Every restriction for the last 30 years has come directly from the list in the paper, the government of the day has just had to wait to cash in on the 'right' incident to be able to push it through.
See if you can spot the ones already put through and the ones to look out for in the future;
(a) Total prohibition of all self loading rifles and pump action or repeater shotguns.
(b) The creation of a power to prohibit other types of firearms or ammunition by Statutory Instrument.
(c ) Statutory Instrument to define acceptable reasons for possessing a firearm.
(d) An effective ban on all collections of firearms.
(e) Banning of the retention of trophies.
(f) Minor changes to the declaration of and effect of convictions to the grant of a certificate.
(g) Clarification of right of appeal against conditions imposed.
(h) Requirement to notify transfer of firearm to dealer.
(i) Power for police to revoke in cases where the "good reason" given may cease to exist.
(j) Shotguns to be subject to the same controls as Section 1 firearms.
(k) Requirement for numbering all firearms.
(l) Visitor's permits to require sponsorship by UK resident.
(m) Defining of antique firearms so as to exclude all cartridge firing weapons.
(n) All pump-up airguns to be declared specially dangerous.
(o) Safe keeping condition to be applied to shotgun ammunition.
(p) Purchaser of shotgun ammunition to produce certificate.
(q) Special permit for the holding of bulk shotgun ammunition.
(r) Authorisation to be required for small arms nitro compound.
(s) Self igniting airgun ammunition to be subject to Section 1.
(t) Dealers to establish personal suitability and suitability of premises.
(u) Mail order sales of firearms to be banned.
(v) Only full time dealers to be registered.
(w) Dealers to be at least 18.
(x) Dealers to be allowed to keep registers in a form acceptable to the police.
(y) Dealers to retain registers for five years.
(z) Separate registers to be kept for each place of business.
(aa) Dealers exhibiting at fairs to obtain temporary permit.
(ab) Dealers to see certificate before returning repaired gun.
(ac) Conditions regarding security in transit to be imposed on dealers.
(ad) Club approval to be by way of firearm certificate issued by police.
(ae) Exemption for miniature rifle ranges to be restricted to "long rifle" ammunition.
(af) Certificate to be required for shooting galleries.
(ag) Ages at which young people may possess firearms to be raised.
(ah) Ban on imitation and toy firearms likely to be mistaken for real firearms.
(ai) Penalty for possession of shotgun without a certificate to be the same as that for possession Section 1 firearm.
(aj) An amnesty for illegally held firearms to be arranged.
