Petition To Drop Plans For Licensing Air Guns

[lensman57]

Done. But there aren't any plans to introduce licensing

Better stay one step ahead. The reply from the Countryside Alliance to the more comprehensive questionaire that were sent to them by the review team confirms that both BASC and the Countryside Alliance fear that on the back of this unnecessary ' review ' air gun licensing is on the governments agenda. I bet that the questionaire thay they sent to the airgun manufacturers and importers also has some tricky points to answer.

A.G

[danco1987]

Better stay one step ahead. The reply from the Countryside Alliance to the more comprehensive questionaire that were sent to them by the review team confirms that both BASC and the Countryside Alliance fear that on the back of this unnecessary ' review ' air gun licensing is on the governments agenda. I bet that the questionaire thay they sent to the airgun manufacturers and importers also has some tricky points to answer.

A.G

True and good to stay proactive. The BASC and CA might not see it as being on the agenda but just want to firmly stamp it out at this stage. When I last spoke to the BASC, they didn't see it as on the agenda at the moment but things could have changed..hope not.

I'm going to write to my MP again and talk to my local shop about getting onto our MP. The petition is certainly another way to demonstrate numbers to the government. If you circulate it around the forums and Facebook's groups etc I think we'll get numbers but fear the 10,000 signatures might be hard to hit. Don't know why, but the review responses wasn't as good as I'd expected. Hopefully I'm proved wrong and it's meet

[lensman57]

True and good to stay proactive. I'm going to write to my MP again and talk to my local shop about getting onto our MP. The petition is certainly another way to demonstrate numbers to the government. If you circulate it around the forums and Facebook's groups etc I think we'll get numbers but fear the 10,000 signatures might be hard to hit. Don't know why, but the review responses wasn't as good as I'd expected. Hopefully I'm proved wrong and it's meet

Good on you my friend. We really need to stay sharp and together now.

A.G

[rifleman56]

when scotland done it, it just had to come down here,

[les allam]

Done
Les.

[hedgemumper]

Done.

[angrybear]

What would licensing mean, and how would it effect us all, for air gun shooting in england? thanks m

How can anyone answer a question about something that has not been proposed and therefore has no terms or conditions ??

Better stay one step ahead. The reply from the Countryside Alliance to the more comprehensive questionaire that were sent to them by the review team confirms that both BASC and the Countryside Alliance fear that on the back of this unnecessary ' review ' air gun licensing is on the governments agenda. I bet that the questionaire thay they sent to the airgun manufacturers and importers also has some tricky points to answer.

A.G

Except that if the response is as pathetic as my poll on replying to the consultation, then the Govt will see that they have nothing to worry about if they were considering it so will be more inclined to push ahead

Whoever started the petition is an utter fool who has not thought things through, it should be cancelled until there is a proposal with terms & conditions that can be disputed.

[SuffolkRifle]

Done, also sent a reasoned email to my MP, no aggressiveness in it, just calmly pointing out why I'm against it (I use them for ratting & FT - 'Vermin control & sporting use' - vermin control as it's selective & doesn't introduce poison into the food chain 'environmentally friendly') plus the workload put onto already stretched police forces.

[davederrick]

Signed 2875.

[Hartcliffer]

Done 2902

[Gareth W-B]

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signed.

[GMballistic]

Don't often pop in on here but thought I'd check to see if anyone had posted this petition.

Good to see you guys signing.
If we don't sign now and at least show some solidarity we can't really moan when another stupid government/MP/parliament led idea gets pushed on our sport.

[Zambi666]

mmm sad to hear about this. Will that mean licencing required on all air rifles and fts/lbs power settings ?

[lensman57]

How can anyone answer a question about something that has not been proposed and therefore has no terms or conditions ??



Except that if the response is as pathetic as my poll on replying to the consultation, then the Govt will see that they have nothing to worry about if they were considering it so will be more inclined to push ahead

Whoever started the petition is an utter fool who has not thought things through, it should be cancelled until there is a proposal with terms & conditions that can be disputed.

By the time we wait for the proposal it will be too late. Lets grab every airgun owner by the scruff of the neck and get them to sign it. Enough of this waiting for the authorities to decide what to do and then give us token ' consultation ' .

A.G

[angrybear]

By the time we wait for the proposal it will be too late. Lets grab every airgun owner by the scruff of the neck and get them to sign it. Enough of this waiting for the authorities to decide what to do and then give us token ' consultation ' .

A.G

How

I've signed it, but if it only gets a few thousand names then the Gov is going to say "fine if we're only going to piss off that few people we'll have the licence"