Originally Posted by
eyebull
How does that square with the exceptions listed above - rimfire, shotgun, LBPs - do they have a specific exemption?
I mean it's all academic because I suspect that manufacturers and importers aren't inclined to open this particular can of worms, just curious.
Yes there are specific exemptions for semi auto firearms in .22 rimfire, and for shotguns, which meet the size criteria.
I am far from convinced that the legislation does prohibit semi-auto air guns which are less than 6/12 fpe since the legislation states clearly that these are not subject to licencing - the legislation later moves the non exempted semi firearms into S5, but since it has already exempted sub 6/12 sirguns from licencing then I don't see how a semi airgun would need an S5 licence. The weasel reasoning that has been applied here has, as far as I know, not been tested in court and it seems that, as you say, the airgun industry in the UK has no appetite to do so.
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