Pete E has it right, we do not need to think up other ways for the authorities to force some ridiculous annual testing on us, it is not needed or necessary. The safety record of the shooting community speaks for itself, it ain't broke so it don't need fixing.
They should maybe put more checks in place where they are needed, what about the Government departments that are always leaving computers and sensitive documents on trains and places like that. What about ensuring that criminals find it uncomfortable to go to prison and having to really pay for their crimes. How about realising that gun crime is committed by criminals with illegal weapons and that making things difficult for FAC holders will do nothing to affect this.
No matter how far forward the Government thinks it has moved it has not. It all comes down to making a show of winning votes, the sad thing is if they made a show of sorting out issues that really offend the general public and worried less about being PC in the eyes of mouthy minority groups they would win more bloody votes, and more importantly get peoples respect.
Sorry about that, but I feel a bit better.
John