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and would these spot checks going be done by FLO's or normal plod when its a quiet night / day shift for them ??

joe wrote:They should just let gun control network write the sodding home office gardiance !

Does NI and Scotland come under the home office since firearms law is a central government area and not a state law ?

As per my last post (info from BASC Scotland) -
1) This is an ACPO in initiative so only covers England and Wales,
2) Police Scotland has been operating unannounced visits for some time,
3) HO should be followed by the constituent parks of the UK but see points 1 and 2.

joe wrote:and would these spot checks going be done by FLO's or normal plod when its a quiet night / day shift for them ??

From http://basc.org.uk/blog/press-releases/ ... o-members/ My bold.

The new Home Office guidance states that:

“Where it is judged necessary, based on specific intelligence in light of a particular threat, or risk of harm, the police may undertake an unannounced home visit to check the security of a certificate holder’s firearms and shotguns. It is not expected that the police will undertake an unannounced home visit at an unsocial hour unless there is a justified and specific requirement to do so on the grounds of crime prevention or public safety concerns and the police judge that this action is both justified and proportionate.

It is recognised that there is no new power of entry for police or police staff when conducting home visits. To mitigate any misunderstanding on the part of the certificate holder the police must provide a clear and reasoned explanation to the certificate holder at the time of the visit.”

As far as Police Scotland is concerned visits are performed by FLO's and Uniformed Officers.

The worst part of this is that my girlfriend ordered me to clean the bedroom in case "strangers" visit. I'm totally knackered!!

Good luck to them, they will have to wait the 40 min drive as I come home to let them have access...

If they have intel they could just use the internal phone;-)

Cheshire police have just been on the local radio news announcing ad-hoc visits to the 15,000 Shotgun and Sec 1 Firearm owners....

I still do not get why our organisations are not simply advising us to tell the Police to go away... This whole thing relies on our co-operation, so we simply say No, and it goes away.

ChrisB wrote:Cheshire police have just been on the local radio news announcing ad-hoc visits to the 15,000 Shotgun and Sec 1 Firearm owners....

It reassures Joe public they are doing something , whether they actually do it or not .

Mr_Logic wrote:I still do not get why our organisations are not simply advising us to tell the Police to go away... This whole thing relies on our co-operation, so we simply say No, and it goes away.

If the police have " concerns " giving them a reason to visit you they are not going to go away , are they ?

Dave

Yes. Without a warrant, they've no right to do anything else.

Mr_Logic wrote:Yes. Without a warrant, they've no right to do anything else.

I said if they have concerns , ie your neighbour has reported seeing you with a gun . Then you haven't got any choice but to cooperate . Maybe the shooting organisations this is a NO win situation , that's why they aren't saying different .

Dave

No, they still have no right of entry unless the neighbour has reported it now, and they have good reason to suggest something is currently going on. Them investigating a report fron yesterday is not a valid reason to gain entry.