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There IS one class of firearm where the police have to prove that you might NOT be a fit person - the ordinary shotgun, at least, an ordinary shotgun that does not hold more than three cartridges. In your application you state that you are fit person - if the police disagree with that assertion, they have to provide evidence in court to support their refusal to grant the certificate.
Apart from that one exception, ALL Section 1 [rifled] firearms require the applicant for a firearms certificate [FAC] to provide a 'good reason' - a legal term - as to why they should be 'granted permission to acquire and possess a firearm.'
MY 'good reason' is target shooting, so although I have a number of rifles that are perfectly suited to shooting game or pests, I'm not permitted to do it without jumping through the hoops to change my FAC accordingly.
I know it's hard for anybody not living here to comprehend how such a state might exist in a democracy, but even the 'right to defend yourself by the use of firearms', as determined in the 1698 Bill of rights, only dealt with protestants being allowed to defend themselves against the wiles of papacy. AAMOF, until well into the last century, anybody here could pay five shillings at a post office for a gun licence, and go buy and own just about anything you can think of, up and including a Thompson. that changed in the early '30s....
tac
Apart from that one exception, ALL Section 1 [rifled] firearms require the applicant for a firearms certificate [FAC] to provide a 'good reason' - a legal term - as to why they should be 'granted permission to acquire and possess a firearm.'
MY 'good reason' is target shooting, so although I have a number of rifles that are perfectly suited to shooting game or pests, I'm not permitted to do it without jumping through the hoops to change my FAC accordingly.
I know it's hard for anybody not living here to comprehend how such a state might exist in a democracy, but even the 'right to defend yourself by the use of firearms', as determined in the 1698 Bill of rights, only dealt with protestants being allowed to defend themselves against the wiles of papacy. AAMOF, until well into the last century, anybody here could pay five shillings at a post office for a gun licence, and go buy and own just about anything you can think of, up and including a Thompson. that changed in the early '30s....
tac