The lack of knowledge of the law by the police is rife. I was subject to a search of my home after a malicious allegation. When they found some shotgun ammunition in a locked barn, they informed me that it had to be stored in a locked cabined, and therefore was stored illegally. I pointed out to them that shotgun ammo is exempt from storage regulations, (apart from explosive content) but they warned me that I may be charged. One of the policemen was a FEO and the other a firearms officer. The pair of them together could not understand that a 30 cal bullet head for reloading could be held on my