Pigeon_decoyer Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 Does anyone know of any websites that I could read up on the laws about age limits and that on shotguns, as I'm 16 and wondered what all the rules n regs are? I've already tried the BASC website but didnt have laws about age! Cheers Shane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 http://www.gunclub.info/firearms_law.pdf try here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeon_decoyer Posted April 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 The link doesn't work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeon_decoyer Posted April 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 I've checked out the site but no luck it doesn't tell you anything just links to go to? Shane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 Works OK for me - you have to double click it..!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooke103 Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 you can have a gun on your liencens at 16but it has to be given to you. you can even touch your gun without a supervising adult who has a shot gun lience untill your 17. jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernyha Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 you can even touch your gun without a supervising adult who has a shot gun lience untill your 17.jake Is that a can or can't? :< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cooke103 Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 lol sorry can`t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plexer Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 That file is a pdf do you need acrobat reader installed to be able to view it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 At fifteen years old or over, you can apply for and be granted a shotgun certificate which would entitle you to own and use a shotgun independant of any adult supervision. You may not purchase or hire a shotgun until you are seventeen or over. You may only aquire a gun as a gift, inheritance, on loan or if it is hired for you by an adult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooke103 Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 (edited) does that mean at 15 you can use the shotgun? im 15 and i got my certificate a few months ago and the firearms officer told me that i couldn`t even touch it with out adult supervision untill i was 17. Edited April 15, 2005 by cooke103 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 You can use it unsupervised at 15 years or over. Were you still 14 when your certificate was issued? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooke103 Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 no i was 15. im sure it was 17 because i remember the officer telling me theres no real point in getting the certificate because i can`t shoot on my own untill i was 17. i remember somebody telling me that it was ok when i turn 15 thats why i apllied for it but the officer said i wasnt allowed to shoot on my own till 17. if you are allowed to shoot a shotgun at 15 how come you have you be 17 to shoot an airrifle? jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunganick Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 you can use a shotgun unsupervised when you are older than 14, and you can touch it obviously, i believe that the law on airguns is infact worse than shotgun, and that you cant use one unsupervised untill you are 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 There is a big difference in law between "buying" and "using". You can use an airgun at 15, but you cannot buy one. I've sent you a PM by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooke103 Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 i appologise if im wrong :*) but im sure the officer did tell me that i couldnt use it on my own till i was 17. sorry jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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