Must have a lot more Police than we do down south then!!
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Must have a lot more Police than we do down south then!!
This whole fiasco was brought about by Kenny MacAskill (Kenny MacAskill - Wikipedia) one of the most useless politicians ever elected. A yobbo out on parole decided to shoot at firemen called to a fire near the yobbos tower block. Yobbo hit and killed a two year old child (The only innocent person in this whole sorry saga) Yobbo was high on drugs. The parents of the two year old were drug dealers. This happened BEFORE the independence referendum and the SNP tactic at the time was to blame Westminster for everything. So this death was made out to be the fault of Westminster for not controlling airguns. 'Kenny' now rides to the rescue promising that the SNP would solve the problem with licensing. The Police were aghast at the thought BUT the then Chief Constable of the newly formed 'Police Scotland' made up of an amalgamation of nine separate forces was a political arselicker. When the proposal was published 'Kenny' said it was up for consultation but that licensing would happen. Kenny I am delighted to say was sacked by Nicola Sturgeon as his Police Scotland idea had caused all sorts of problems, the Chief Constable retired early.
Unfortunately the SNP can NEVER admit to any form of mistake / cock up so the legislation went ahead. as I had a valid FAC I was able to keep my airguns and take in airguns up to 31st Dec 2016. I was also able to get an airgun license for £5.
We now have he situation that if you are a UK FAC holder you can bring your guns to Scotland but if you bring a .177 airpistol you will need to get a Visitors Permit as if you were an Italian bring a shotgun to the U.K.
There are far too many lawyers in both the Scottish and U.K. parliaments in the main they are there as they can't cut it as lawyers so they become politicians with no idea of the real world but with a desire to legislate for everything. Instead of using existing law to get criminals they just pass more and more laws. T. Blair has a lot to answer for in this respect.
Robert do you have any sort of idea if most airgun owners in Scotland now have a licence for them or do you think that there are still significant numbers of airguns in Scotland unlicensed?
A license for airguns?
So much for Scotland the Brave! :move eek:
Large numbers of people have either [i] never heard about it or [ii] decided to ignore it anyway. It wasn't well publicised. Far fewer licences were taken out than the estimates.