Shooting UK: Air gun registration ?

Hi Mike,

Thank you very much for bringing that to out attention — it's the language of the motion that I find particularly annoying in that it calls on the Government to bring forward "proposals for a registration requirement that holds air gun owners responsible for the use of their air guns".

There's no presumption in there that airgun owners can be responsible for their airguns without Government interference. And of course the responsible majority are the ones who would sign up dutifully should such a scheme be brought about, while the unlawful minority wouldn't give two hoots.

I'd love to know how Joan Walley MP (appropriate name...) plans to bring such a scheme into being when the police can only just about cope with their current responsibilities with regard to firearms and shotgun licensing.

I'm sure others have an opinion — there may be some forum members out there who feel it might be worth lobbying your local MP to table a suitable amendment to this EDM which I think does absolutely nothing to address the crime it seeks to curtail.

Alastair.

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Alastair Balmain, Deputy editor, Shooting Times

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