Quote Originally Posted by SteveH View Post
Don't ignore the 50 foot rule at all.

You should not fire the gun from within 50ft of the centre of any road etc.

If you do and you even "alarm" someone - then you are committing and offence as Weevie says.

There is an excellent web site here <Click>


It contains the following snippet :-
It is also an offence to discharge a firearm, including an airgun, within 50 feet of the centre of any highway. This includes roads, bridle-paths or public footpaths. The offence is complete if a member of the public is injured, endangered or even just alarmed by the incident.

So - you can either follow the advice of the Met Police or you can ignore it as Weevie says.
The met would rather NO ONE has ANY kind of firearm. The Police in general also like to interpret firearms law to suit them selves. Public footpaths and bridleways are not highways
Have a look at
http://police.homeoffice.gov.uk/news...s-Guidance.pdf Section 22.17. Which is a much better website (IMHO!)
Instance of Police applying their own rules was the letter my son got with his first SC.(at age 14) "Until his is 15 he must shoot with you". Wrong, anyone over the age of 21. "Between 15 & 18 he may not shoot on his own" Wrong he can shoot on his own at 15.
What gets me is that despite the Home Office publishing such good info for them to use, some Forces give out such BS

Larrya