How do you obtain a shotgun licence in the U.K.?

Answer 1

. How to apply for a shotgun certificate is to contact the firearms departmen at your local constabulary HQ.
They wii send out the relavent paperwork for you to get the ball rolling.
Providing you dont have any convictions then you stand a good chance of gaining a shotgun certificate.
Ounce you apply the fun begins, they vet you, try to find out all they can on you. The cost of a grant is £50 and lasts 5 year.
To stand a chance of gaining your certificate, i would join your local clayshooting club, thats if you dont already have any land to shoot on with permision.
If you have nothing to hide, then while your application is away been prossesed then its an idea to instal a police approved gun cabinet, to which they will come out to inspect. The cabinet has to be securley fastend to a main wall.
Any more tips or questions drop me a line

good luck

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british huntert

Answer 2

Local Police Firearms department who, depending on the Constabulary, will vet you, your family, friends and aquantancies and if they have anything on you will try and refuse you a certificate. You have a right to a certificate if you are clean with no criminal record and can proove you have or will have a safe steel gun cabinet fixed to you house so the guns cannot be accessed by even your wife (if you have one)

Answer 3

Go to your local Police Station and if the bastards are in a good mood they will give you the relevant forms.

Answer 4

You need to fill in firearms form 101

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=RNWE,RNWE:2005-21,RNWE:en&q=firearms+form+101

Then all you have to do is go along to the local police station and grovell.

Answer 5

Fill in a form. Have a photo taken. Get it countersigned
Hand over the form and dosh.
Wait.
You may get an inspection visit to check security. (I didn't!)

Answer 6

get application form from local police station. fill in. get countersignature and send with £50