Noooo. It’s a wearing process though. You don’t just get a court hearing, you get several court sessions which all take time and organisation building for a main event at a court 50 miles away.@shortshot have you thrown the towel in
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It always has been like that, until suddenly it’s not. Then you have to decide do you lodge your guns or risk a seizure?
Problem is IME once you’ve lodged your guns they then try to prevent you getting them back by refusing your renewal ( which they sat on for four months).
There’s nothing you can do about it except take them to court, which is not a fun process.
Leec6.5
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If you have you ducks in a row before hand it shouldn’t be an issue, renewal lands on the mat, medical forms in next day, paperwork a day later sent special delivery!
Then wait
It really is as simple as that!
Leec6.5
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You need to be ahead of their timescale!
Always think weeks ahead of them that’s the key
enfieldspares
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And we are now paying how much for this? Full cost recovery apparently. So in return are they not supposed to do the job within time?
Leec6.5
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Cost doesn’t really come into it, you have to forget the days of when it was cheap!
Those days are no longer relevant, it is what it is and if you want to do it, you’ve got to pay.
I think it’s quite funny that everybody still sits there and dwells on the fact that it costs now more than what I did!
Bo Diddley
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Understood:
Mine was straightforward. GP charge was £20. Looking at the scrawl on that paperwork when I picked it up, it looked as though they thought it was a waste of their time.
Clean driving licence, no convictions, and plenty of reason to own....
But if you have the slightest doubt in the back of your mind, it must be worthwhile making sure you have the funding in place to challenge a decision that goes against you, unless it is clear-cut that you are in the wrong. Either you have plenty of disposable, or you take out cover, or both.
Leec6.5
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The key to that he don’t get yourself in a situation where you’ve got the question yourself!
When I was younger like any late teens lad I wouldn’t say I was a wrong’un but the people I used to associate myself with were, as soon as I got a shotgun certificate I cut all ties!
It’s not rocket science
Bo Diddley
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But you're a carp fisherman Lee, so you're still mixing with wrong 'uns everytime you go angling
Leec6.5
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They might be, I avoid them like the plague!But you're a carp fisherman Lee, so you're still mixing with wrong 'uns everytime you go angling
I’m a hillbilly and feral I don’t socialise!
I’m there to catch Carp not listen to bull
Correct answer don’t bother ringing basc
I had exactly this. My renewal was issued within 2 weeks
Id love to live where some of you guys do!
Ring my FLD and and ask what's happening? I haven't been able to speak to them for about 6 years, it goes straight to a voicemail system that 9 times out of 10 is full then hangs up on you. Emails get replied to about 6 weeks later and normally with a template letter.
Ive had at least 5 different FEOs over the last 5 years. The last one was fantastic and actually answered his phone/emails but has just retired.
Ring my FLD and and ask what's happening? I haven't been able to speak to them for about 6 years, it goes straight to a voicemail system that 9 times out of 10 is full then hangs up on you. Emails get replied to about 6 weeks later and normally with a template letter.
Ive had at least 5 different FEOs over the last 5 years. The last one was fantastic and actually answered his phone/emails but has just retired.
Heym SR20
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Having read through some of this thread, I am very glad I live in Scotland. I have found that initially Lothian & Borders and the Police Scotland (after all the forces were merged into one) have been nothing more than a pleasure to deal with. Nice and efficient and individuals who are genuinely interested in shooting and firearms and have a good level of knowledge. Many do shoot or have shot in the past.
call bull****
The only reason they dont is the HO will ask them why
If they still wont't ask them where to send the storage bill to?
Well..........
Not all of them are nice and efficient or have a good level of knowledge... One immediately springs to mind...
I wouldn't wish him onto anyone...
Heym SR20
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There are of course exceptions, but in experience Police Scotland are a hell of a lot better than most of those down South.
My mother recently, who live down South recently opened a letter from the local Police Force with a letter of renewal for my father to renew his shotgun certificate.
I had notified that force of his death and that his shotgun was transferred to my ticket. I even sent a copy of his death certificate at their request. Someone hadn’t updated the records.
That one doesn't surprise me either...
I sold a rifle I'd bought some 3/4 years ago that I'd bought from someone in London (via here). Got an immediate email from the buyer's authority down south saying it was still registered under the original owner... Said original owner had been through several variations and a renewal, all with the rifle absent. Was under the impression that England had a unified system, but clearly not in this case...
Heym SR20
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It happens - especially when a rifle is on multiple certificates. I know one person who had a very nice tikka heavy barreled 308 sporter from the 1990’s - the one with a semi target type stock. He kept it on his fathers estate and it was the head stalkers certificate. It got run over by that stalker and then replaced with something else. He did know anything about it until a good while later on.
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