some may say he was not law abiding though .Originally Posted by bullbarrel
He added Gear had not got round to getting a licence at the time of the offence. Subsequent attempts to secure one had, through no fault of Gear’s, failed to prove fruitful.
so he tried to license it ,but he did not succeed. so if he did not succeed he should have given it to a licensed owner or his nearest gunshop before the deadline .
from the story
Mr Allan asked if the gun could be signed over to Gear’s father, who holds a licence for air weapons, rather than have the weapon forfeited.
However, Mr MacKenzie said he was unsure what the terms of Mr Gear senior’s licence were.
“It would be difficult to sign over something which he [Gear] couldn’t lawfully hold.”
yet the airweapon.scot website states this
I have an air weapon I no longer want
If you have an air weapon you no longer want you have various options open to you. You can
sell it or give it away to another air weapon user (who must have the appropriate certificate if they are in Scotland)
sell it to a Registered Firearms Dealer
contact Police Scotland to arrange to hand the weapon in for secure destruction.
http://airweapon.scot/about-the-new-law/ bottom right of the page
so who is right ?
he could have given to his father who had the relevant license or to his RFD until he got a license .
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