PCCs must use firearms licensing fees to improve service, says BASC
BASC is seeking assurances from all PCCs that funds raised from any fees increase will be used to resource firearms licensing departments.
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Sign the petition
Conor O’Gorman encourages people to sign a petition against changes to shotgun licensing rules and to keep sending letters to MPs.
The fight against the impending firearms licensing consultation is gathering pace. The shooting community is rallying together, submitting thousands of emails and letters to MPs and ministers. We can do more.
Yesterday a petition against the proposals went live on the government website, titled Do not merge section 1 & 2 regulations on firearms licences, and I would encourage everyone to sign it.
An intense level of concern
It is already the top performing petition on the government website and likely to hit 25,000 signatures in less than 24 hours.
Such support shows government the intense level of concern in our community in every single constituency nationwide about the damaging impact of merging shotgun and firearms licensing systems. You can see how many signatures have been made in your area from a map on the petition website.
Having already surpassed 10,000 signatures, the Home Office will have to give a written response. If the petition hits 100,000 signatures, that will commit the government to schedule a debate on the topic in parliament.
That debate would likely be four-to-six months after hitting 100K, maybe longer, but reaching 100K is a challenge and would be a first for the shooting community so it’s important we all make our voices heard.
In addition to signing the petition, please write to your MP if you have not already done so and be assured that this is making a difference in building the political pressure. Remember to point out that there is no evidence to support the proposals.
Let’s rally together as never before and show the government we mean business on this one.
Find more information and a guide to writing to your MP here.
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Conor OGorman
Conor O’Gorman has worked in a variety of conservation, policy and campaigning roles at BASC over the last 20 years.
A zoology graduate with a PhD awarded for grey partridge research, he has over 25 years’ experience in conservation and land management.
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