will i have to sell my guns

[r1steele]

I read this thread with great interest. I've recently moved into a retirement park home and I informed the police I would be willing to bolt a safe (lying on its back with the bolts welded into the chassis) to the floor inside a large fitted wardrobe. But that isn't enough. They want the two locked wooden access doors to the solid brick skirting around the base of the parkhome replaced with steel doors and hasps with padlocks, as well as a complete intruder alarm system. This is on a private estate, like a gated community, in a low-crime area. I suggested that visible steel doors and padlocks and burglar alarm systems may arouse interest where nobody knows I own guns, but the FEO won't budge. Of course, the police could not promise attention if an alarm went off, so what's the use of one. I have only two rimfires and a centrefire. Any suggestions other than the shooting associations?

I would suggest you tell your FEO to check with Home Office guidelines and contact BASC or whoever you are with. Ask to speak to your head of firearms licencing and explain what you have suggested and let them know you are talking to BASC about this as they seem to be making up there own rules. Remember, the police are there to uphold the law, not make there own up.

[oakland rob]

A mate of mine keeps his guns in his static caravan, the gun cabinet lays on its back in a cupboard and is bolted to the chassis through the floor,He has never had any probs with the FEO.

All areas are different I suppose.