Firearms licensing costs discussed in Parliament

[Christel]

They could lay off of us lot quite a bit.
Worrying about which type of centrefire rifle you have when you apply and variations...what a faff, perhaps a slot for 3 CF and 3 RF (Or however many you need) and be done with it. Face it, you will tell them anyway when you exchange/sell/purchase.
A 10 year license....or more to the point why bother with a renewal, we dont do it with a car until we are 70 odd....and cars are bigger killers by far, statistically, proportionally or otherwise.

You and I discussed this and I totally agree with it, license the person, not the rifle. The amount of money and time it would save.
10 year or more license, good idea, again money saving.

BTW, kewl Sig tongueout
...and no we didn't :lol:

[Charlie Muggins]

Interestingly (and as you may already be aware) Canada recently got rid of their register for their "restricted" category, which essentially covers what we are currently allowed on s(1) and s(2), plus a slack handful of long guns currently in s(5). It was costing the police too much time and money to administer for little if any actual gain and years before the register was actually written out of law many Provinces went on record to say they wouldn't prosecute for non-registration, so long as the owner had the Canuck FAC.

I would be glad to hear a cogent, serious answer as to why expensive micromanagement of slots specifying calibre are beneficial to public safety. Suppose Mr Bloggs wants a .30-06 instead of the .308W he thought he wanted when he applied for his ticket? Miss Jones the collector of classic rifles is made a very good offer on a Mauser 94 in 7x57 rather than the 7.92 for which she has a slot?

[mr smith]

circa £20k...

Underpaid I think. Not massively, but underpaid all the same when you consider London Underground train "drivers" get £52,000 a year.

Not too sure here but are you saying FEO's should join the RMT?

[Mr_Logic]

I am with McCabe. Those who benefit must pay. That ain't me so I ain't payin'!

Seriously the public benefits, not us. Nobody asks prisoners to pay for their upkeep, yet they too are a supposed menace to society. Sorry govt but if you deem me a threat and want to check me out, that's your problem sunshine. Why should I pay?

Now, if you want to compromise and talk per-person licensing (basically section 2) then I am a fair and reasonable person so let's discuss. Bit fed up with constantly being shafted in the name of 'safety' mind.

[dodgyrog]

I read in the Sunday Times that David Cameron has blocked the increase in fee. Good job too.

[Christel]

http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/rai ... story.html

[Charlotte the flyer]

Was that the only file picture they had. Talk about trying to damage a sport.

[Gaz]

What, an SGC and a senior policeman's cap? Can't see how that's damaging...

[mr smith]

Look at the cert......

[Christel]

The whole article is biased...que surprise.