Stopped by the police with guns in car?

[Gavlar]

Your car doesn't have a police marker on it just because you have an FAC. You as an FAC holder will have one and your address will have one also.

[Ouch!]

If you are reasonable with the officer that stops you and explain what you have in the car and why, he will probably have a look to verify.
He willl do a check on his computer and as long as your not committing any offences, or a prohibited person under the firearms act, you'll be on your way.
Many officers are a bit sketchy on the firearms legislation, so don't be surprised if he checks with his sergeant.

If however, you give him a hard time and refuse to answer his questions, he will do all the investigations down at the police station whilst you wait in a cell.

Best to be calm, polite and cooperative.

Ouch!

[Alakar]

Been stopped on a couple of occasions but not initially because I was carrying guns .
It was due to the fact that I was acting suspiciously.
As Gavlar said , there is no marker on your car to say that you have firearms . This if I'm right is unless you have been convicted of a firearms offence in the past . A PNC check would tell them all they need to know.
The one time that I was stopped whilst in the middle of some pest control was on a secure industrial estate that had security guards , gates, cameras and barriers .. a cleaner had spotted us and phoned the police.
Extremely unlikely that you will ever be stopped on your way to the range .
However if you are going out doing some pest control it is sensible although not a necessity to inform the local police if there is any chance that someone else may call them .
I know that you don't have to , but it saves a lot of hassle .

[Murphy]

Your car doesn't have a police marker on it just because you have an FAC. You as an FAC holder will have one and your address will have one also.

So your car is not linked to your address?!

[villaman]

The police knows every thing about you just before they pull you over any how

[ljgolf]

not long ago had a accident on way back from gun range called the police when they arrived told them i had two air guns and two air bottles on board,he rang the firearms officer and told him ,everything ok just start and put the green warning triangle on .no problem.

[1952paul0]

The police knows every thing about you just before they pull you over any how

what Police?? Have not seen one in quite a while.

[piggy589]

Never been stopped but did have a traffic car shadow me for several miles when I left a permission.

I was driving a scruffy pickup with a load of hardware in the cab.

The officer was alone and obviously anpr gave him no reason to pull me.

We came to a halt a traffic lights and he crept past while giving my vehicle a thorough visual inspection.

[rapidresponse1]

I think most reasonable police would be ok

[sandyman1963]

I try and shoot at a small 25 meter range at work every day so I take a rifle to work and lock it in a secure cabinet. We have armed troops on the gate who quit rightly search the odd car. If I’m stopped the first words out of my big gob are there is a air rifle in a gun slip in the boot and here is my permission to bring it on to site.

There is also a heavy police presence where I live and once or twice I’ve been stopped and if I’ve had one of my babies in the boot I tell plod straight away. There is no point getting the hump with the police they are just ring their job.

[aris]

I got stopped once and had a shotgun in my boot. If he wanted to check the boot, I’d tell him beforehand to avoid any shock . In this case he didn’t - so left it at that. I’m going to guess he must have known I was a firearms licence holder as he checked my drivers license details against PNC (I assume). Plus I was wearing an EJ Churchill cap

[Bellycrawler]

I've been stopped while walking, riding a m/bike & in cars / vans. Never had any issues at all. Sub 12ftb & fac / sgc.

[sidaorb]

Making me chuckle at the levels of misinformation people get told.

PNC vehicle check will only have markers if required, normally naughty boy/girl markers, local box markers are recorded per force and will be associated vehicle information (reports of dangerous driving not issued with a S59) ANPR will show these markers as well as insurance / MOT status.

Only when a person's check is done will it flag SGC/FAC holder.

Back on the OP though in the late 80's I was stopped on the M25...

'Whats in the boot sonny?’

'Bren gun, L1A1, Mossberg pump, Glock and 2 Smith handguns'

'Yeah, yeah who do you think you are the bloody A-Team?'

Handed them my RFD as I opened the boot, their faces were a picture.

[phil384]

So your car is not linked to your address?!

Of course it is, as long as it's registered there. But the car will not have a firearms marker as Gavlar said. Anyone could be driving it.

So they COULD do a PNC check on the move, get the address, assume that you are the registered keeper of the car, guess your age, do a PNC name check and see the PNC firearms marker.

Or just stop you and chat.

[bighit]

So your car is not linked to your address?!

my wifes car is linked to my address but she does not own guns