Whether we like it or not, if a local force insists on imposing a condition of shooting we have little choice but to comply.

From the various letters printed in the shooting press this seems to be a growing phenomenon in an effort to reduce the time wasted by dispatching plod to confront a law abiding shooter. Personally I would rather make a 2 minute phone call than be faced with Grampians finest rappelling from an armed response air unit whilst brandishing my next renewal form!

A local shooting colleague wrote on the subject of home reloading, " If Grampian police were to insist I only reload whilst standing on one leg and whistling Eskimo Nell I would oblige." It is easy to take up a defensive stance and refuse to inform the police, but how simple will your next application for licensing be???