Whilst peoples' concerns are justified, my own view is that it is not inevitable that the airgun licence will be introduced in England & Wales.
Scotland has but a small fraction of the population and is a tiny socialist experiment under the SNP.
The staggering logistics of introducing this needless measure in 43 already hugely stretched police force areas for the airgun owning percentage of 60 million people rather militates against it in light of the wider issues govt has to contend with.