This is the reply;
The proposed merger of all of the Scottish Police forces does present some new challenges. Firstly, if it goes ahead we will have just one licensing department to deal with which should mean that we will get some consistency across all of Scotland. (As you know, just now, what you can and cannot do with respect to firearms and shotgun certificates is dependent upon the approach taken by individual Chief Constables.) Consistency should be good, or it could be bad if the person in charge had the wrong attitude to firearms. At least we will only need to engage with one licensing department rather than eight.
If it does go ahead, the right person in charge would be nice!