Originally Posted by
angrybear
Having read through the entire document, by & large I think it's extremely fair, with most of the extra measures suggested being common sense.
About the only item I don't like is raising the age for airguns on private land,
anyone who grows up on a farm knows that youngsters with airguns do a lot of vermin control, because of farm animals they are invariably well trained about safety especially proper back stops backstops.
The only serious problem I see with UK firearms rules is the difficulty in youngsters getting proper training, largely due to the paranoia of non shooters,
that situation has yet to be addressed, & should be asap.
I will be responding & highlighting the final point, to prevent accidents you need to train in the safe handling of firearms.