Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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To get one....
No criminal record
Land helps
Must have a decent gun safe where it's kept
What else?
For a friend btw, he's got the forms, guns and storage just needs licence to go clay pigeon shooting etc.
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Neo
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Registered: 20th Feb 07
Location: Essex
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Tell him to join the clay pigeon club if he hasnt already, and get a decent countersigniture on it. Hand over some wonga and should be fine. Just get vetted and then given the license. Vetting is required each 5 years iirc.
On similar lines 
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23428795-details/Boy,+9,+granted+shotgun+licence+by+police/article.do
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Baskey
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Registered: 31st May 06
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Its a nightmare, you need a certain amount of land (or someone willing to let you shoot on the land), then they need to asses the land. You need to explain why you want to shoot, they will need to inspect your gun storage etc.
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Baskey
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One benifit is if the phone number where the guns are registered dials 999 for whatever reason, you will have a copper there in seconds
[Edited on 14-07-2008 by Baskey]
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Neo
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Registered: 20th Feb 07
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"theoretically" they also vet your family, friends, people your in close contact with i.e bosses or co workers......
Not sure if they do or not tbh, would take months and months to do that for every applicant.
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radicalry00
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Registered: 16th Mar 07
Location: West Yorks Rides: Suzuki SV650
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quote:
Originally posted by Neo
"theoretically" they also vet your family, friends, people your in close contact with i.e bosses or co workers......
Not sure if they do or not tbh, would take months and months to do that for every applicant.
They check close relatives and employers/employees too. Usually takes 3/4 months for a new application to go through.
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Baskey
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^^ yea i was told this??? duno if its true, i started to apply (i live in the sticks and have farm land i acn shoot on) but gave up as it was starting to get abit complex and very expensive.
Just stick to my .22 now
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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He's got no record, roughly 2 acres of land on a quiet mountain and would be shooting on a farm / not his land.
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Baskey
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^^ dont think his land will count for much, iv got about 2 acres and its nowhere near enough.
They will asses it on the farmland hes been given premission to use
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DAZ1985
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Registered: 3rd Sep 06
Location: Scholar Green, Cheshire
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You only have to redeem land safe for shooting on a firearms licence not shot gun iirc
I told him ill be shooting on the farm just over the road and down on rode estate.
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podgeworth
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Registered: 25th Nov 07
Location: West Yorkshire
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join your local gun club
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