Nothing comes up on the web yet but will keep looking............
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22831522
Licence cost may double in UK
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DuncaninFrance
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Licence cost may double in UK
Just seen a piece on the news that suggests the cost of a Firearms and Shotgun Licence in the UK may double it the police get their way.
Nothing comes up on the web yet but will keep looking............
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22831522
Nothing comes up on the web yet but will keep looking............
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22831522
Duncan
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"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.
Re: Licence cost may double in UK
I guess it never crossed their minds that if they didn't require a license and inspection of people's homes then there would be no loss of money for the police and a savings for the gun owner of out of pocket expense as well as leaving the police more on the clock time to look for actual bad guys.
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Re: Licence cost may double in UK
FAR too sensible RobertNiner wrote:I guess it never crossed their minds that if they didn't require a license and inspection of people's homes then there would be no loss of money for the police and a savings for the gun owner of out of pocket expense as well as leaving the police more on the clock time to look for actual bad guys.
Duncan
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.
Re: Licence cost may double in UK
And then what would they do with all the (otherwise pointless) bureaucrats employed to shuffle the paperwork........?Niner wrote:I guess it never crossed their minds that if they didn't require a license and inspection of people's homes then there would be no loss of money for the police and a savings for the gun owner of out of pocket expense as well as leaving the police more on the clock time to look for actual bad guys.
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Re: Licence cost may double in UK
They could farm it out to the private sector and save £5 million ......
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic ... -deal.html
"A four-month backlog of files for processing firearms licences has been cleared while the 999 call response rate has improved to an average of more than 93 per cent of calls answered within 10 seconds, up from 89 per cent in 2011/12. "
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic ... -deal.html
"A four-month backlog of files for processing firearms licences has been cleared while the 999 call response rate has improved to an average of more than 93 per cent of calls answered within 10 seconds, up from 89 per cent in 2011/12. "