Pothunter Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 (edited) As the question really. I've always had two UK addresses, but only ever kept guns at one. I would now like to be able permanently to keep guns at both. I'm loath to ask my FEO in the first instance, particularly if it's a definite no, because I've been bothering him a lot recently, and don't want to try his patience if somebody here might have already had the same experience? Edited July 5, 2015 by Pothunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 That's fine if you have security at both some forces don't care others want to full inspect the new address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lister22 Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 will it involve more than one police service Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malantone Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 If the other one is a holiday/second home you might find that the police like the property permanently occupied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srspower Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 (edited) will it involve more than one police service Your would be best advised to ask BASC. Then when you approach your FEO, assuming they say it's okay, you have a place to start from. Edited July 5, 2015 by srspower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pothunter Posted July 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 will it involve more than one police service Yes, different forces. And answering another point, both properties are permanently occupied, both owned by me, one is where I "officially" live, the other where I will in future spend more time, though I actually spend half my time in a different country, where they just assume you'll lock your guns up properly, rather than checking on everybody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LancsLad45 Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Hi Pothunter. Yes you can register your gun at two places. I got my SGC in Lancashire but work in Bedfordshire. I rent a room down here in someone's house and go back to Lancashire every couple of weeks to have my kids for the weekend. I discussed keeping the shotgun at both addresses when I applied and he (my FEO) was fine with it. I contacted Beds & Hearts licensing and they came out and inspected where I wanted to put the safe down here and then after installation. They then contacted Lancashire licensing to add this address to my details as a place I store my shotgun. Got a text from Lancs FEO to confirm details were added and was fine to start storing my gun here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 (edited) It depends on where you are in some cases: D&C were not happy about my brother doing just that. His permanent residence is Cornwall but he has a business interest in Leicester and often stays here for a couple of weeks or more. I reside in Leicester. He and I both have our names on joint shooting permissions in Cornwall and Leicester. Leicester force passed his storage credentials but D&C were just not happy and apparently told him to make a choice of which force area he wants to be licensed in, and give up shooting permissions in the other. It might have been something to with the different calibre conditions between the force area's. I had made a few forum references to how ridiculous it seems that if we go out together with our HMR's in either force area, he could use his for fox but I could't because Leic's would not condition my HMR for fox. I had to buy a Centrefire that I rarely use. I'm not bitching about it because rules are rules and I like my 17REM but it is awkward that forces have different policies, causing two experienced shooters standing side by side to observe different conditions. He sometimes accompanies me but doesn't bring a rifle. Edited July 6, 2015 by Dave-G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 I don't get this, the licence has an address. There is no legal requirement for an individual to declare how long they may be be away from that address! They are authorised to have that gun in their possession and any sensible securing of that gun where ever is not a bad thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pothunter Posted July 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 I don't get this, the licence has an address. There is no legal requirement for an individual to declare how long they may be be away from that address! They are authorised to have that gun in their possession and any sensible securing of that gun where ever is not a bad thing! Yes this was what I first thought. I will put good security in the second house, such that I can't be said to be making other than suitable arrangements when I've got the guns away from my registered address, and leave it at that. And listening to some of the experiences above, I think I might just do that. If some forces are difficult about it (unreasonably in my view), then I don't want to give either of mine the chance to turn out to be. And by doing the above, I cannot, surely, be said to be other than squarely within the law and guidance? It's not up to these individual forces to make these things up, after all. But once you ask and they say x, it's much harder deliberately to do y, however unreasonable x may be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Yes this was what I first thought. I will put good security in the second house, such that I can't be said to be making other than suitable arrangements when I've got the guns away from my registered address, and leave it at that. And listening to some of the experiences above, I think I might just do that. If some forces are difficult about it (unreasonably in my view), then I don't want to give either of mine the chance to turn out to be. And by doing the above, I cannot, surely, be said to be other than squarely within the law and guidance? It's not up to these individual forces to make these things up, after all. But once you ask and they say x, it's much harder deliberately to do y, however unreasonable x may be. Amen brother :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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