Under scrutiny

Patrick Galbraith, Editor

Last week, I received an email telling me that the Met is very sorry but it will take them at least a year to process my request for a 6.5 Creedmoor. To be totally fair to them, they are always immensely polite and the firearms enquiry officer, when he comes round, is a lovely guy. The reason, they stated, is that they are still dealing with the Covid backlog. From time to time, I receive letters from readers telling me that they think we pay more than enough for our firearms and shotgun certificate applications. Times are undoubtedly tough, but how much would you pay for a quicker system? A system that processed applications within a month, perhaps? I’m not sure how much such a system would cost, but I do…

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Shooting Times & Country (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2-Aug-2023

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