Bill Green

I took your advice Mecce & contacted my Licensing Department today, who wouldn't go into any further detail as to the refusal but proceeded to tell me as long as my circumstances remained the same (no change to medical history & no further Police interaction) if I re-applied in 12-15 months they'd be no reason to oppose a second application, They also stated that in the meantime there's no reason why I can't use other peoples weapons (within the constraints of Firearms legislation) if I want to shoot. Whilst somewhat frustrating I don't have any urgent need to be in possession of

Thanks Mecce for your response, and I certainly appreciate the point you make regarding issuing a weapon to a person whom they believe may cause harm to others. Also I will take your advice and contact the Licensing Department to see if they can provide me with any further information as to how they’ve come to their decision/conclusion as the letter I’ve received certainly gives no details. There’s nothing further I’m not disclosing as from my perspective not providing the full facts, I suspect wouldn’t allow Posters here to offer advice/direction that may be of relavence and use to me.

I’m hoping this is in the correct forum section but apologies if it’s not. Having been inolved in both Game & Clay shooting for a couple of years now I was persuaded to apply for a Shotgun Licence. I’ve professional experience of using Fire Arms from service with the British Military & have spent a further 25 years working with the Emergency Services during which time I’ve never been in trouble but had a disclosable medical condition that was correctly recorded on my application then expanded upon by GP & Specialist reports to support the application. A week after