Just had a chance to speak to my sister, a now retired Barrister, regarding the strange case of end line 3/line 4 thread 21. You do NOT need a FAC of any sort to OWN a firearm. You need one simply to POSSESS a firearm. And if the 86 year old granny also 'possessed' his firearm, then surely she aided, abetted, counselled etc etc the main party in committing the offence of transferring possession. And in any case, especially this, the mere word 'possessed', in legal terms would take up pages and pages and hours of discussion ranging from real possession, implied, actual, etc etc etc and so on and on that even baffles her.........

If this fellow stupidly accepted this pure horse manure of a decision (not by a Court, but by a Constable.....), then his stupidity was duly rewarded. Her statement, based on the above, not mine incidentally.