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Out of curiousity - what were the 7 slots for ?

I fail to see how limiting the number of guns on the first application is mitigating risk. If you have to prove you are safe by not misusing your gun before you are allowed another I would question the methodology of he system.

wildrover77 wrote:I fail to see how limiting the number of guns on the first application is mitigating risk. If you have to prove you are safe by not misusing your gun before you are allowed another I would question the methodology of he system.

You can be suprised how gun ho people can get sfter their first purchase

I've been granted 6 firearms and 3 mods on a first grant I'm under GMP and they were fine as long as I had storage and good reasons.

This sounds like a downhill spiral, the comment of 'guns on street' is like brandishing all licence holders as criminals and that is completely wrong, is be challenging this as much you can.


Sent from my boing using "An application"

I asked for 3 slots on first application, with 600 rounds of each calibre.
Got what I wanted.
That was in Sussex. Turnaround time was about 2 weeks.

Five on initial grant - no questions asked.

I fail to see how limiting the number of guns on the first application is mitigating risk. If you have to prove you are safe by not misusing your gun before you are allowed another I would question the methodology of the system.

Agreed. Fewer and fewer people seem to understand this.

You can be surprised how gung-ho people can get after their first purchase

I've no idea what this statement implies? Of course the applicant is an enthusiastic member of our shooting community. However, I feel this statement is petty, derogatory, Yardley-esque and has no credibility.

The applicant's choices are his own within our legal rights.

I have realised this forum has few like-minded people and the critics and naysayers undermine everything I and many others hold dear. Normal for me is being surrounded by people who are ready to do what needs to be done. Abnormal, to me, is the man or woman who doesn't have the skeletal structure to stand up for principles.

I no longer wish to be part of this forum. Goodbye!

I have no strong opinion one way or the other, at the end of the day it means nothing to me. I have what I requested and I'm a happy shooter...
Dummy well and truly spat, or so it seems.

lapua338 wrote:Goodbye!

Cheerio!

bhodge wrote: Dummy well and truly spat, or so it seems.

So it would seem.

It's going to be an interesting conversation in a couple of weeks time when I next see the person who is the subject of this thread