Big_Sparky
Well-Known Member
Hi All,
Just wanted to post this as a separate thread to my previous one asking for advice and ideally experience of the current situation transferring weapons during the Covid Lockdown.
Quick explanation and then the response from Police Scotland.
Colleague at work has three shotguns on his ticket and the ticket expires mid April. He’d already decided not to renew. Obviously the local RFD in town is closed and by the time he realised that, he’d left trying to sell his guns too late. We proposed transferring them onto my ticket and into my cabinet until the lockdown is over.
I was still a little concerned as, despite seeing each other at work and him actually living along the road (I drive past his farm everyday on route to the yard) the current Government Guidance is basically not to leave your home and not to meet anyone outside of your household except for the very limited conditions - essential food, medicine and to work if you must & cannot work from home. I personally didn’t see the transfer of some guns as falling within those limited categories. (Also the ex-Forces element still makes doing what I’m told a hard habit to break!!) However, I wanted to help & not see my pal stuck or in bother so I contacted my FLO at Glasgow to ask.
Their response is basically as follows - during the lockdown you should not be transferring weapons as you should not make the journey or meet anyone. As he isn’t wishing to renew they will extend his certificate for 8 weeks. After the 8 weeks, if the lockdown continues, they will issue a
Permit allowing the transfer to be carried out.
Obviously these are instructions I’ve received from a particular office within Police Scotland and other Forces may well offer different stipulations. But, for anyone currently considering selling or buying a firearm or shotgun on a face-to-face basis, during lockdown, I personally wouldn’t.
As they say the plural of anecdotes isn’t data - so a post purely for information and that will maybe help keep someone out of bother rather than to start a debate!
Cheers!
Just wanted to post this as a separate thread to my previous one asking for advice and ideally experience of the current situation transferring weapons during the Covid Lockdown.
Quick explanation and then the response from Police Scotland.
Colleague at work has three shotguns on his ticket and the ticket expires mid April. He’d already decided not to renew. Obviously the local RFD in town is closed and by the time he realised that, he’d left trying to sell his guns too late. We proposed transferring them onto my ticket and into my cabinet until the lockdown is over.
I was still a little concerned as, despite seeing each other at work and him actually living along the road (I drive past his farm everyday on route to the yard) the current Government Guidance is basically not to leave your home and not to meet anyone outside of your household except for the very limited conditions - essential food, medicine and to work if you must & cannot work from home. I personally didn’t see the transfer of some guns as falling within those limited categories. (Also the ex-Forces element still makes doing what I’m told a hard habit to break!!) However, I wanted to help & not see my pal stuck or in bother so I contacted my FLO at Glasgow to ask.
Their response is basically as follows - during the lockdown you should not be transferring weapons as you should not make the journey or meet anyone. As he isn’t wishing to renew they will extend his certificate for 8 weeks. After the 8 weeks, if the lockdown continues, they will issue a
Permit allowing the transfer to be carried out.
Obviously these are instructions I’ve received from a particular office within Police Scotland and other Forces may well offer different stipulations. But, for anyone currently considering selling or buying a firearm or shotgun on a face-to-face basis, during lockdown, I personally wouldn’t.
As they say the plural of anecdotes isn’t data - so a post purely for information and that will maybe help keep someone out of bother rather than to start a debate!
Cheers!
