
Firearms licensing: the police view – FieldsportsChannel Podcast, episode 78
Three firearms licensing officers came to the stage of the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre in July 2023 to make the case to Charlie Jacoby
Three firearms licensing officers came to the stage of the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre in July 2023 to make the case to Charlie Jacoby
youtu.be/c-VlnQpCK0Q With police firearms licensing across Devon, Cornwall and Dorset in meltdown, local country and gun shops are having to diversify. Martin and Chris Lamb
youtu.be/EjbfeeA0utk With the firearms licensing system in crisis, barrister Nick Doherty fears there’s an increased risk of a tragic incident. Nick, who wrote The Firearms
youtu.be/GCi5JQRX0Sc by Deborah Hadfield It’s time to scrap the existing gun certificate system across England and Wales and replace it with another. That’s the conclusion
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfCT4_dvQQ4 There are 30,000 legal gun-owners in London. Chris Downs, head of SCO 19 at the Met, and Daryn Hufton-Rees from Medcert, which provides medical
by Deborah Hadfield Daniel Holmes from Bodmin Moor in Cornwall submitted his gun certificates renewal applications on January 2022. His firearms and shotguns certificates were
by Charlie Jacoby You can see the relief on Gary Ivey’s face. Until eight months ago, he had been a firearm certificate holder. He was
youtu.be/Q9SrEoqVFcY Armed officers from Nottinghamshire Police arrived at the home of gundog trainer Karl Sawyer last August. When he refused to hand his shotguns over
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyR1vxdXE6U by Deborah Hadfield The firearms licensing system in England and Wales is in crisis. Shooters claim the fiasco has made getting a grant, renewal,
by Deborah Hadfield and Charlie Jacoby Former Metropolitan police detective Ian Jensen says police have limited legal rights to take a gun. He says: “The
A serving police officer wrote this for Fieldsports News on condition of anonymity I, too, have been duped into coercively handing over my legally and
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4xkgjLhVB4 by Deborah Hadfield and Charlie Jacoby Many shooters have lost their guns to police in the South-West of England since the shooting in Plymouth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEctbsFPXbA by Deborah Hadfield and Charlie Jacoby Paul Cox is a respected member of his community, a deerstalker and captain of the local shoot. Devon
youtu.be/NRY47rdRvgc by Deborah Hadfield and Charlie Jacoby Adam Troman was lying in bed on a Sunday morning when armed police arrived, unannounced, to take away
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTpQrSfjNn4 by Deborah Hadfield and Charlie Jacoby Stories are piling up of legal shooters in Devon, Cornwall and Dorset, with decades of blameless firearms ownership
by Deborah Hadfield and Charlie Jacoby Nigel Doney from Cornwall has been shooting for 40 years. He had an unexpected police visit after he sold
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqbEqxkWtEo by Deborah Hadfield and Charlie Jacoby Devon & Cornwall Constabulary started revoking shooters’ certificates in August 2021. Back then, the situation was confused. A
by Deborah Hadfield and Charlie Jacoby Gary Ivey was returning home from a day’s shooting in October 2021 to his home in Plymouth when one
youtu.be/nxttOfnvc6Y by Charlie Jacoby Among the many stories of good, ordinary shooters losing their guns to Devon & Cornwall Police’s gun grab, the story of
by Deborah Hadfield and Charlie Jacoby Shooters in Dorset, Devon & Cornwall say the police are punishing them as a kneejerk reaction to a shooting
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