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Someone on love island really done that haha? I think the 3 year prohibition limit for firearms was loosely based on the old offenders rehabilitation act that used to permanently exclude anyone from being deemed rehabilitated if they had a sentence of 3 years or over. Back then it was also the case where a sentence of anything less was spent after a maximum of 10 years although it doesn't seem to imply that for firearms (but I think reasonable to assume that anyway).

I have no idea what use anyone will find in an assault weapon of any sort.

Well to answer where Iv'e been for a while I haven't really done anything since. Like I said I'm not really desperate for one by any stretch of the imagination and seeing the gun isn't worth much and is mostly sentimental (no trumpet blowing but I make a fair whack of money every year so selling it for a thousand isn't worth it). I have no idea what the obsession with who I am is coming from, it's rule 1 of the internet not to say who you are and I thought everyone would have known that so why it was such an issue is a mystery. I'll probably apply eventually but not yet. I think a 10 year period is a reasonable amount of time where I would expect a half decent prospect of getting approval. If not then I would wonder why they even have the 3 year and under guideline to begin with.The idea of my sister applying is a good too.

Well I spoke to the senior firearms officer for my area today and he said he can't really give me any hints. I need to send off a signed application to give him authority to have a snoop and go through the whole process in full. I can understand why but I was hoping he could have made a quick phone call. It seems like a lot of hassle when he might know if it could be a straight out no from the very beginning from 5 mins on the phone. I'll probably have to weigh it up a bit in my head. I'm by no means desperate to get the shotgun (quite the opposite actually) but it'll be nice to know beforehand so we know what to do with it.

I noticed the police and courts can be pretty brutal regardless of how firearms ended up even remotely close to someone who isn't allowed them. I would like to think that I've turned my life around too. It's certainly unrecognisable from 8 years ago at least. I'm hoping how far I've come since means just as much as where I came from should I come under any scrutiny.

It really is amazingly easy to figure out who I am if I did actually state the crime. I'm treading a fine line as much as a dare already. I don't really want to come across as being obstructive or suspicious by doing so but revealing any more would break the first rule of the Internet sadly. Any more and I would be identified in less than 10 seconds.

Well yes I would, I think anyone would to be fair haha. Luckily it's not becauae he was apparently given no end of ridicule inside. His wake up call was "wake up sheep s****r" every single morning....apparently.

No. I'm not into intimacy sheep. That guy was however a popular topic of convo when inside.

It was a 12 month sentence total. I was let out earlier than though on a tag after just 3 months. Why wouldn't I want it? I never really do get rid of anything handed to me by loved ones who recently died, yet alone if my dad died.

Not really. I didn't word it well. What happened was that earlier than expected I was called over for a meeting about my imminent release one afternoon. Afterwards I jumped on the phone and told my parents that I was about to be released the following morning where she told me the police were at the house inspecting the shotgun security. That's was pretty much all she said. In the evening when I was let out my cell again I went on the phone to try and find out more but I wasn't able to make a call as my phone account was deleted which they do as standard before release to stop the account being handed over to other prisoners. Morning came and I was taken to the reception where I was told to sign a form that they hurried over and said "basically you're not allowed anything that goes bang for 5 years". 10 minutes later I was released and almost immediately in breech of the very form I signed jusy 10 minutes earlier as the police who inspected the "shotgun" apparently said he didn't care whatsoever about the air rifles. When I got home 30 minutes later they were still on the living room floor where the police left them the day prior. Nothing much I could have done about it really. They did end up down my grandparents pretty quickly and I only just taken them back two months ago. I don't think they really would have cared anyway if I kept them from the "mehh, we dont care" impression I got. Not even my probation officer asked any questions about them.

Nash I don't want to say sorry because thay combined with the year and sentnece is more than enough to find out who I am lol. It'll be something to bring up hopefully later this month with the certificate guy/woman, (keep forgetting their job title) It is indeed a cheapish one. I looks cheap but sure is built solid. The costs don't really bother me, I guess it'll just give me more of an incentive to shoot it rather than bung it in the back of the closet should I ever get it that is. I'll see if I can get in touch about it with whoever decides on licences later this month. Hopefully he might clear it up.

It was a bit bizarre how nonchalant they were over it. They didn't even tell me afterwards that they'd been to have a check. I only found out afterwards from a by chance phone call to my mother hours before my phone account was terminated. They were more interested in the shotgun but my dad said "they don't really care" about the air rifles and they didn't even tell him I wasn't allowed to have them. They were never mentioned by anyone ever again, not even my probation officer. It gave me the hint that perhaps they were just going through the motions rather than any genuine concerns of safety.

Good point. It's very likely to be the case where, assuming I get a certificate, to not even have a gun for the full 5 years the cert will be valid for. He's getting older and had serious health problems but he's by no means at deaths doorstep. I did look into deactivation a few months back but I heard it's quite the butchering process and rules out the gun ever being used again which I don't want. It'll be mainly for sentimental reasons but in a short of classic car way where I intend on using it occasionally. I might call up and the person dealing with certificates later this month during my time off. I'm hoping he might imply a yay or nay but being once prohibited but now no longer has muddied the water a bit.

They were there even before I arrived home or knew anything of the ban. I wasn't able to move them over to my grandparents house when I'm not able to return home or even make a phone call. They were at my grandparents house immediately after as I mildly implied in my first post.

Damn...that seems harsh. I noticed from what research I have done that it seems to be a bit of a postcode lottery. Surprisingly when I did come back out of prison the officer who visited my house didn't care in the slightest about the air rifles I had despite being freshly prohibited from owning anything that went pop at the time. They were even neatly laid out on the living room floor for me before I returned home.