We've got a guy like this at our club, and he's been wrong on a number of occasions. I don't doubt that the powers that be will enjoy restricting things - especially the new Labour government - but the government also has no money and banning types of S1 and S2 guns has massive cost implications, requiring money they just don't have right now. If they do make changes, my guess it'll be things they can do without spending money, which I suspect won't include bans.
This .
They paid out a fair bit with the MARS and Lever release .
Ancillary items was Scopes, bipods and others accessories .
If they banned S1 and S2 and HAD to pay out , there is going to be a huge amount of money to find .
Prices they paid for the MARS and Lever Release.
Have you seen how many Shotguns and Firearms there are in the UK ?
Shotguns In England and Wales
Of the
1,340,452 shotguns covered by a shogun certificate in England and Wales as at 31 March 2023, almost all (over 99%) were section 2 shotguns. Other shotgun types, or those with no type recorded on the NFLMS, accounted for fewer than 1% of shotguns (0.3% and 0.1%, respectively).
Firearms ( rifles , pistols and S1 shotgun)
Of the
615,627 firearms covered by a firearm certificate in England and Wales as at 31 March 2023, the majority (57%) were rifles and 32% were sound moderators. These proportions have remained stable over the last 8 years
Scotland
Weapons covered by shotgun certificates.
- There were 131094 shotguns covered by shotgun certificates as at 31 March 2022.
Weapons covered by firearm certificates.
There were
106681 firearms covered by firearm certificates as at 31 March 2022. Firearms can be categorised as rifles, handguns, muzzle-loading handguns, Section 1 shotguns, sound moderators and other firearm types
Don't forget airguns as they will be tied up in it also .
There is no identifiable number of how many held so it all estimate's .
4 to 6 million (estimated ) in England and Wales and 500.000 (estimated) in Scotland
Then you have all the ones held by the RFD's .
That's a lot of money they will have to find unless they can wriggle out of paying or they give you the tiny fraction of their cost .
Prices they paid for Ancillary items . A fair bit of that list applies to S1 and S2 also and there is 100's of thousands of gun owner's who will be handing in these parts if they have no valid reason to one them anymore .
