Call for airgun licencing in England

[lew07]

I can tell You now. I will be keeping My airguns .I will not be buying a license and I will shoot them on My own property when ever I choose too!!!!

[Lashenden]

I can tell You now. I will be keeping My airguns .I will not be buying a license and I will shoot them on My own property when ever I choose too!!!!

The 'Charlton Heston' position?

[buttloaves]

The 'Charlton Heston' position?

They can have my wig when they peel it from my cold dead head..

[lew07]

They can have my wig when they peel it from my cold dead head..

lol

[Funnybucker]

I can tell You now. I will be keeping My airguns .I will not be buying a license and I will shoot them on My own property when ever I choose too!!!!

Which is great until if there is a ban some neighbour hears and reports you and then I wish you the best of luck

[Zetter]

The best bit I heard on the end of the BBC item today was the cat protection league speculated that the increase in deaths vs injuries depite overall incidents going down was due to airguns becoming more powerful over the past 20 years???? I must have missed that change in legislation somewhere as the 12 ft/lb limit has been around for ages.

[Neil.]

The best bit I heard on the end of the BBC item today was the cat protection league speculated that the increase in deaths vs injuries depite overall incidents going down was due to airguns becoming more powerful over the past 20 years???? I must have missed that change in legislation somewhere as the 12 ft/lb limit has been around for ages.

Notice how Auntie Beeb left that announcement till the 2 o'clock news, so that no responses could be made live on the Jeremy "thick as pigshit" Vine show?

[clunge]

Any increase (I doubt the stats) in cat deaths due to aiguns is more likely due to the increase in the cat population and the increase in housing density and the popularity of gardening over the last 20 years. Also, perhaps the increase in accuracy, rather than power of the airguns.

[secretagentmole]

Any increase (I doubt the stats) in cat deaths due to aiguns is more likely due to the increase in the cat population and the increase in housing density and the popularity of gardening over the last 20 years. Also, perhaps the increase in accuracy, rather than power of the airguns.

Maybe it is just down to faster reporting, what was a local news story now will make headlines on the Daily Fail, The Bun or Cracked Mirror quickly.

[Bjacobs571]

Listen you cat hating morons more songbirds are killed by squirrels than cats so stop fantasising about killing animals that are more loved than you will ever be.

[ZAKDINGEL]

Listen you cat hating morons more songbirds are killed by squirrels than cats so stop fantasising about killing animals that are more loved than you will ever be.

I think you should chill out we are not cat hating morons we are hunters that use airguns among other guns to do pest control IT is a well known fact that cats do kill more wildlife and song birds they even catch and play with live prey before it usually dies from shock so if you still want to call people "morons" start with cat owners for not fitting bells to their collars Also how can a squirrel take the blame as there are places in this country that don't have squirrels but there will be cats

[tinbum]

Its a pointless arguement. Its already illegal to shoot cats (on the whole) but the people doing it ignore that law.
What makes anyone think those same people will take any notice of another law?

[Grahamcs]

Instead of a license we should just have to register with the police like in Spain.

We do the work and plod knows where the guns are.

Job done.

Doesn't actually make any money that though does it.

Oh also if we do have an airgun license then it should allow us the right to go sh/t in any cat owners garden.

I think that's fair.

[Grahamcs]

Oh and I also think we need a cat license as well and all owners should be responsible for and know the whereabouts of said pussy at any time.

On second thoughts pussy tracking is the way to go.

[piggy589]

Oh also if we do have an airgun license then it should allow us the right to go sh/t in any cat owners garden.

I think that's fair.

As long as you dig a pit and bury it when you've finished "chopping a log".

Pick a spot .