ORIONSARMS said:
david1976 said:
My local constabulary failed to sort my certificate out last renewal (their fault not mine it was sent in plenty of time) as a result I had to put my guns into storage at my own expense!!!!! Not chuffed it took them about 3 months to sort it out
WOW
I had a slight delay in getting my renemal 1 time the
fac dept said dont worry about it we have your paperwork its our
problem not yours thanks for getting in touch and carry on.
no one needs uneccesary agro
Orionsarms
Very true the aggro is not only not wanted but not needed at all and it only takes some eager plod to call and your in the shite up to your neck not matter if they have your paperwork of not. You cannot produce a valid FAC and you right in it. Not worth the chance so hence the temp permit.
Oh they'll howl and say it takes just as long to do a temp permit as a FAC but that's their problem not yours and your only abiding by the rules and the law. As it is they are quick enough to try and catch you out so I don't trust them one bit.
For instance I knew I was moving to come and be dad's carer so
I got in touch with the Firearms derpt in Lincs and traveled up a month before the move and we had a "site meeting" about security and they were their usual dictatorial selves and totally unhelpful they even had part of my file sent up by Surrey. I moved and informed the issuing county of the fact and some weeks after the move Lincs turn up and claim I never informed them of my move and Surrey didn't know where I had moved too
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So they were going to prosicute, when it was all pointed out to them they tried to give me a written warning and were told to take a very long walk off a very short pier
and they reluctently dropped the matter.
If I had accepted the warning even though I had done nothing wrong do you think I would have a ticket still now?
No way hose. They also tried the not re-newing on time routine and I asked for a temp permit and they said it's not needed so I demanded one as is right under the law and rules. I also got a quote for storage and said if the temp permit was not forthcoming the storage fees would be their responsiblity due to their not doing the renewal in a timely manner. Strange thing is suddenly my renewal was done just like that
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I try to be helpful and also obey the rules and the law but they make it very hard to comply and they also like to alter things like I had to send my ticket in as it was full no space left for ammo purchases when I got a clean one back they had altered some of my ammo holding s so I now had more in stock then my licence allows. This was pointed out and their answer is dispose of the ammo or bullets or surrender them
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I now have ammo tins in storage
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