I am from that small part of the UK accross the pond, obviously in Northern Ireland firearms applications are different from the mainland (due to our unfortunate circumstances). In Northern Ireland we require a full Firearms certificate for not only rifles but also shotguns and air rifles I personally think that this is good thing as it does reduce the number of people who could potentially give the shooting fraternity a bad name, although the odd one still slips through the net, I'm sure you will all have shot with variations of these individuals.
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