West Yorks firearms

[tom1cameron 1]

for the second time I have just been asked to witness, over the phone, that I have seen a friend use a shotgun recently so that he can be granted a shotgun licence.

 

As I understand it this is not something that an applicant should be asked to do.

 

And given this applicant is a former marine and has stories of gameshooting over the world and hung up his guns while working in India and has now retired.......it is completely ridiculous.

 

I am speaking to BASC but what I want to know is whether anyone else in West Yorks has been asked to prove they have shot a shotgun recently while applying for a cert?

 

Let me know by posting on forum or send a PM

 

Best wishes

 

Tom

[waidmann 105]

never heard of such like.

seems pointless really.are they asking if he can shoot?( ex royal marine ) or if he is safe with the gun?see previous brackets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if he has nerves in hectic situations? whta the f@@@ do they want to know?

if the guy has no ptsd or the like where is the problem?

as an ex infantry man myself i was not asked for anything like this.even though the extensive training for my german hunting licence could not be considered in the process.so much for a united europe

atb with his application and your basc questions bud.

[tom1cameron 1]

Just to follow up

IN short

 

The question is not about competance or experience. It is part of their interpretation of making sure the individual knows what the parts of gun are and do (seems silly but you never know what a gun virgin could do if they had never held one before and just bought one and went home?).

 

So it is a H&S question to make sure that the applicant is not a danger to themselves once they get the cert. They just want to use trust (by speaking to someone they feel is trustworthy, i.e. a cert holder) to check that the individual has had some "basic" instruction on safety with a shotgun. Nothing else. Also...they prefer if it is relatively recent.....

 

I am actually happy with this now......but I did get a FEO to explain why clearly.....the way that my mate was told left him thinking he had to prove he could hit clays etc etc

 

Difficult job an FEO..........

[events co-ordinator 353]

Doesnt sound like the visiting officer is competant given the guys military background refer them to Thames valley firearm instructer shooting his pupil!