Message to the minister

[Liveonce]

As was said on a recent film I watched, they f*** us without even giving us a kiss.

 

[B&W FOX]

@Conor O'Gorman
Is there a set timeline for this proposal / consultation??

 

[BLUEROLL]

Thank you. Hopefully more SD members will follow suit.

Conor.
My MP (Lib Dem) replied very promptly and have forwarded it to politics@basc.org.uk

 

[Conor O'Gorman]

How about helping us with the content.

How many section 1 certificates are in england and wales? (i assume Scotland is not inckuded in the scope of the consultation?)
How many Section 2 likewise

Average wait time for a FAC variation?

number of people directly employed in the recreational shooting industry.

Current value of shooting to the exchequer?

Thanks.

Comparators to some of those figures may help. This may be of interest:

Shooting is Worth More Than Golf

Shooting contributes £3.3bn to the UK economy, surpassing golf and supporting 67,000 jobs. New European research shows fieldsports generate €180bn.

www.shootinguk.co.uk

 

[Conor O'Gorman]

Also it would be useful to know the amount of man hours involved in policing firearms lice sing...much of which isn't efficiently allocated.

This may help:

The Performance of Police Firearms Licensing Departments in England and Wales

BASC has published a major report reviewing the performance of police firearms licensing departments in England and Wales.

basc.org.uk

 

[Conor O'Gorman]

@Conor O'Gorman
Is there a set timeline for this proposal / consultation??

I don't know. The 2023 consultation was 8-weeks long.

 

[Conor O'Gorman]

Conor.
My MP (Lib Dem) replied very promptly and have forwarded it to politics@basc.org.uk

Thank you!

 

[Mickeydredd]

See table 7, Offences involving the use of weapons: data tables - Office for National Statistics

Interesting reading. It does not specify whether any of the firearms used were legally or illegally held.

I requested the breakdown a couple of years ago and the reply was that they did not hold this information.