Prepare ya sens...

[Rez 4,961]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-44980034

[villaman 9,983]

Where does it say airgun  a pellet gun could be BB guns 

[NeillNI 49]

The thing is that these days, pellet guns are Co2 powered and powerful! I remember the ones we had as kids, spring powered and stinging, but hardly a killing thing.

[The one 8,483]

In Scotland some prick shot a 2 year old in the head while he was being carried on his dads shoulders in Glasgow , and now we have all airguns licenced  its just the excuse they need to follow suit 

[Str 793]

9 minutes ago, The one said:

In Scotland some prick shot a 2 year old in the head while he was being carried on his dads shoulders in Glasgow , and now we have all airguns licenced  its just the excuse they need to follow suit 

Is the air rifle license similar to a shotgun certificate or not as strict?.

[NeillNI 49]

We have all licenses here as well.. but that was more to do with us having the bad habit of shooting each other.

[j j m 6,540]

I can see uss being licensed before long with all the bad press our sport gets,but to be truthefull its easier getting a illegal fire arm then it is  a registered one,most town people can buy a hand gun if they know the right people

[The one 8,483]

4 hours ago, Str said:

Is the air rifle license similar to a shotgun certificate or not as strict?.

Just as strict , but as there's so many people applying here and there cutting the number of FAO if you have a firearm cert or shotgun cert its deemed you have good reason to have a air gun and you don't need a licence till you current certificate expires  then you must apply for one it only going to be a £10 , but if you only have a air gun you must apply  now and show good reason why you need a airgun and its £90  so my fao  told me when i asked and i had to get him to email the details so health and safety on some of my permissions would still let me shoot without the new licence after i showed them the email 

[barrywhite 282]

Maybe some prespective should be used when defending air guns . All activites carry risk people die eating food . The fact is air guns are one of the safer activity in life must be mentioned fishing is more dangerous than shooting air guns, also I think one of the bigger killers of children is hourse riding https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/tag/rider-fatality cycling , skate boards and football must also have problems but the CAMPAIGNERS fail to mention this , we must when ever possible . as usual a licence will have prevented this HOW .

Edited July 28, 2018 by barrywhite

[LuckOrJudgement 437]

Tragic for the kid and his family.

 

[mark williams 7,558]

Not wishing to deflate this tragic accident at all.

                    Most kids, for instance, love to carry a catapult,- no licence required.

                    Cross bows - no licence required.

                    Long bows - no licence required.  Etc, etc.

                    One day, not so long back at my club, the lads chronographed a Black Widow catapult with a steel ball at 28 ft/lbs without fully stretching the power available .

                    So what is a cross bow`s power level, or a Long bow, or a car at 40 mph, a model airplane striking you etc, etc.

 

                     A tragic accident for sure, just happened to have happened with a pellet gun of some description.

[Deker 3,478]

I caught some of this on the news last night.

Information is sketchy to say the least and I would like some more detail.

A tragedy just the same!

[The one 8,483]

Got to agree theres other more dangerous sports even crossing the road is dangerous but theres a group of nutters out there who will use this sad event against us to get there own agenda threw  and stop us doing what we do 

[stealthy1 3,964]

Thing is, in days gone by we played a game of war with gats, cats, and BSA Meteors, played all Summer in the 6 weeks holidays, but I can't say I would play more than a couple of games if my opponents had HW100's,  and one dead kid is one to many, but we're up to half a dozen now, the cracks have been there a while, and the non licenced dam is going to crumble.  I feel sorry for the lads that had a dodgy start in life who picked up minor convictions from their youth, but a ban or licence is on it's way,  the subject cant be ignored now.

[charlie caller 3,654]

This is a tragic accident according to the police, NOT  some nutter running around shooting at kids, I really feel for the lad and his relatives, but I fail to see  how having a licence for the airgun would have avoided this, in the same way that  having a license for a shotgun, does not stop it from being lethal when misused, no I dont think this kind of sad incident will expedite air gun licensing in England.