. Mr Allan added Gear had incurred a lot of expense since the issue had come to light – not least because police caused extensive damage to his door when they entered his address
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I really hope there was more to this story than meets the eye, and McPlod have not decided it is ok to go around kicking doors in because of an old air rifle in the house

That would be pathetic, but also not completely surprising. Remember as well this is another “firearms offence” for the stats and to justify yet more restrictions