From The Guardian


Shooting groups reject call for firearms law change in England and Wales

"Organisations representing gun owners and the shooting industry have voiced their opposition to changes to the firearms laws demanded by victims’ families and police chiefs after the Plymouth shootings.

At the end of an inquest on Jake Davison’s five victims, bereaved relatives and senior police officers said they wanted the law in England and Wales changed to make shotguns subject to the same rules as rifles, arguing that they are just as deadly.

But there is alarm within the shooting community that rule changes could hit law-abiding shotgun-owners and the industry by forcing up the cost of certificates, and some fear it could push firearms ownership underground."

Last summer I was in the company of a number of gun owners. It made a change from the usual pub conversations.