SO Aggravating! Range Safety Officer Idiots

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"I am looking at getting rid of signing in sheets and as much paperwork as I can and get as much on to electronic means as possible."

In France clubs the have installed scanner systems linked to the French Federation. The licence has a bar code and the shooters photo and details are in the shooting federations system. This has two benefit's.
1:The old paper licence for semi auto firearms required 3 inspection stamps per year with 2 months between each to maintain your licence; this would be stamped by the club president.
The Federation have been given control of the "inspection" part of licensing; so just by turning up and shooting regularly; you maintain your licence. No extra work for the Range officer and club President and no forgetting to stamp your licence.
2: Also prevents miss use of borrowed or stolen licences. The photo of the holder is not on the card, it's in the national system; so if someone is visiting from another club; it's easy to confirm the identity.

The fact that the Gouvernment have recently handed over the inspection of the licensing to the Federation is a rare step forward in gun control. It actually removes some of the complication!