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I found out today that Durham Police Firearms Licensing (or their DCC who leads on Firearms matters on what was ACPO) are enforcing a 15 gun limit on FACs.
I am under pressure as I exceed that amount.
They make up rules and then enforce them with no backing in law!!!

I seriously doubt they could enforce an arbitrary cap like that. Come on Roger, who have you been annoying in there now?

dodgyrog wrote:I found out today that Durham Police Firearms Licensing (or their DCC who leads on Firearms matters on what was ACPO) are enforcing a 15 gun limit on FACs.
I am under pressure as I exceed that amount.
They make up rules and then enforce them with no backing in law!!!

I'm always keen to help people in need, I'll take some of your guns to help remove the pressure - no need to thank me, just get a me Pint if you ever bump into me in the Town!

dodgyrog wrote:I found out today that Durham Police Firearms Licensing (or their DCC who leads on Firearms matters on what was ACPO) are enforcing a 15 gun limit on FACs.
I am under pressure as I exceed that amount.
They make up rules and then enforce them with no backing in law!!!

I’d need three FACs....

I really do question the logic of some people, sometimes!

Found out from who? Has anyone else in Durham heard this?

Redcat

From one of the Police Officers in Firearms Licensing!
Can you believe it!?

Similar sort of limit in this area...I think 12 is the max, before some security enquiry would be made. Of course the new A5 FAC forms would be under a strain! Mapping pen and a magnifying glass needed.

Mike95

Cleveland is 12. Any more than that and they expect you to beef up your security and install a monitered alarm.

Alpha1 wrote:Cleveland is 12. Any more than that and they expect you to beef up your security and install a monitered alarm.

If that is a hard and fast limit, it's a consequence of a simplified reading of the Firearms Security Handbook, as regards the "larger number" of firearms that should lead to a requirement for Level 2 or Level 3 security. If it's not hard and fast, it's just a selective, but not inaccurate, quote from the handbook.

The double figures = alarm seems to have been in place for years across multiple forces, however this is not the issue Roger is talking about.