Bavarianbrit
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There was a FEO over here they have a different title in Germany and he got caught selling hand ins onto the black market, then the ton of bricks landed on him.
Oh Dear...Firearms officer stored surrendered guns at home
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They exist.
Most that I have had dealings with have been shooters, and some have been extremely helpful. I wouldn't doubt their integrity at all.
But there are bad apples in every barrel, unfortunately.
I dont think a bit of shooting experience in feos is a bad thing heard of one who turned a chap down for 22 250 as in his words " its a cannon " but was very happy to grant .223 ................
So, apart from the one FEO that apparently lied about some moderator request, your gripe is with their lack of knowledge or interest in shooting.
How does that make them dishonest?
I don't know how many FEOs you've met, but to claim they are all dishonest is a serious claim.
My good friend @tozzybum on this site was told, when renewing his FAC after loosing a bit of ground, that he could no longer keep his .308, but would be allowed to have a "smaller and less powerful" .270 instead.
I well remember his amusement when he compared the cartridge case capacities of the two calibres!
Many FEOs do understand, but some others have the mentality that if it starts with a 3 it's bad, but if it starts with a 2 it's OK. Metric calibres must throw them into meltdown!
shakey jake
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hope he likes prison food
if you believe that you must be mental
Organisations should be responsible enough to train their own employees fully.
There’s a few on here…..
Can I ask how many have you actually met?
No, the situation with the moderators was an example of someone being misled on a large scale, essentially, he requested moderators for all of his firearms (minus a shotgun) and he was told that he needed to drop the moderators from the grant since they would be off ticket by the time his FAC arrived, a bare faced lie since he now has his FAC and low and behold moderators are still not off ticket!!!
I myself have also been lied to by at least two FEOs.
Im glad many people have had positive experiences with them, and support more FEOs getting better access to some of the training and experience offerings from BASC and other groups, but clearly there is something wrong when I have had multiple instances of dishonesty/misleading however you want to phrase it, and instances of activities as demonstrated by the gentlemen in the article.
I have had dealings with at least seven, some in personal aspects and others in regards to rifle clubs/shooting orgs I was involved.
I have dealt with many dozens of FEOs as a cert holder for 40+years, RFD for nearly 30yrs, and club secretary and all bar one have been very professional, that one was removed from the FEO/police position after an enquiry.
Very rarely, one might misunderstand the law or rules but after a discussion and some investigation it's all been sorted.
Misunderstanding the convoluted rules and laws is not them intentionally misleading or being dishonest, I hope that is what you experienced.
If it was true dishonesty I hope it was reported, I'm sure it would have been addressed.
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