yellowwedge

Good questions. Something I've been considering myself. I do return home over Summer, though I have no obligation to do so, as I haven't got a permanent job back down South, and I tend to do freelance, work-from-home writing to earn a little spending-money. As for after Uni, I'd definitely like to stay in my Uni town for at least a year or so, to figure out where I'm to go from there. As for the 'separate tenancies' thing; each room is lockable, so I'm told that technically each room is a separate 'property' or something of the sort. I shall ask about a bit more when I get back up there (I'm doing a course down South at the mo'), but as I said - this is all speculative right now.

The other members of my range seem to exclusively store their firearms at their homes. There is a big, heavy ol' safe in the Club's meeting room area, but I've only ever seen it opened once, and (if I recall) it seemed to just contain various files and documents. I don't have an FAC yet, no. However, the folks that I've talked to (fairly experienced shooters) seemed confident that I'd be granted one, if I installed a safe and followed the correct procedures. My house has lockable bedrooms and I have a few ideas of ways to conceal the location of the safe. Not sure about the whole 'not telling the Landlord' thing. He seems a reasonable chap, and he'd probably want to know if there was a firearm on the premises. So would you guys advise talking to the FEO about how I'd be transporting said gun?

I agree about the walking to and from perhaps being a tad risky. I mean, I'm a fairly big guy, and for a University Town, my area is pretty small and close-knit. Not a huge amount to worry about, from what I understand. However, a few months ago, one of our club members claimed to have spotted a fellow hanging around the driveway. Not sure if it was anything to worry about; there's never been a break in attempt before or after that, and it's the only time I can think of when the club members were at all concerned with security. In the end, I don't think it was reported to the police, as there was no crime committed, but we've been even more security conscious since then. As for the installing a safe, I'd have to check out what sort I was getting. I don't have a huge amount of money to spend on a safe, but I can't see myself owning more than two guns at a time in the near future, so hopefully I'd not have to spend a vast amount on one. I'm not sure about keeping it at the club, though. Don't get me wrong, I'd be happy to leave it there if I could, but I don't know of any other members of my particular club which do that. Not sure if that would be feasible, though it would be ideal, as I foresee the fact that I have a couple of housemates as perhaps slowing down an FAC application. If the police knew that my gun would not be kept at my house, then that might eliminate the problem.

Okay, so let me level with you for a moment. I'm a Student. I'm also a keen shooter, and I've been a member of a club in my Uni-town for a few months shy of a year now. Anyway, a fair few of the guys at my local range have been jokingly asking when I'm intending on getting my own firearm (I have been using the range-provided ones for my whole time there). Of course, they're only kidding, but it got me thinking. Let's say I got around the storage problem; landlord was fine with installing a safe and whatnot. Another problem becomes apparent; Transport. I don't have a car. Previously, I'd gotten a lift up there from a flatmate who had a night-shift in the general vicinity of the range. However, I'm moving into a house, and it seems a bit much to scrounge a lift from the poor guy when we don't even live close any more. It is perfectly feasible to walk or cycle to the range (it's about 30 minutes walk from the house, by my estimate). Could anyone point a new-fish in the right direction when it comes to transporting a gun without a car? Obviously this isn't legally binding advice or anything, but I was just curious as to the ins-and-outs of it. For my first firearm, I would likely look to get a .22 rifle or a black-powder pistol (though that's hardly set-in-stone).

This was just a hypothetical scenario. I am pretty sure that my club would have something to say about me buying a gun and then just turning up and saying "oh, you're looking after this, by the way!" It was just a thought I had whilst reading a guide on filling in a SGC/FAC application form: for the 'storage' section, it mentioned putting down the address of your club if you were going to keep your firearm(s) there.

It's okay! You just went a little mad. We all go a little mad sometimes... In all seriousness, though, when my friend's dad applied for his SGC, it took several months, and he was very irate and impatient towards the end of the waiting-period!

Before I ask, I am sorry if this seems like a silly, amateur question. I am relatively new to the sport, especially the admin side of things, so go easy on me! :o My question is this: in an application for either a SGC or a FAC, there is the inevitable section on 'where the firearms are to be stored'. Is it possible (if it had been pre-arranged with the relevant parties) to put down the address of your shooting-club? If so, what are the repercussions for the home-visit/inspection/informal-interview-malarkey? If you later chose to install a gun-safe in your home, what would be the process of formally moving the guns to their new storage-space?

Hello there! I'm Yellow and I'm from down-south! I made the decision to get myself a licence and get in-on the fun after a few thoroughly enjoyable afternoons clay-pigeon shooting with a friend and his father. I am sure that we'll get along just fine.