Apply to your local feo , but I wouldn't say it's straight forward it all depends what rifle you want where your going to shoot it , experience and so on , if you you just want to get hold of a license so you can get your hands on a rifle and rattle some rounds off then I would join a rifle range, but even then you will have to do anything up to six months as a probationer, (until they know that your safe with a gun) before they will let you loose with a rifle then they will plaster your licence with condition after conditions, good luck fella