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[Teratopside]

Throughout 2010 the SARPA committee has been working o raise the profile of the organisation with the Scottish Exec, BASC, SACS and other organisations, well it looks like it's paid off.
After getting a positive response from those organisations SARPA was called to submit evidence (state our opinions) by the Scotland bill committee on the airgun question, this has been completed with the aid with the format from our Friends at BASC who also submitted a response.

Thanks to all the clubs that had input in the response, in the end what required was a very basic statement with our preference for no change, but a need to use the existing laws more effectively.

ScotGov has accepted our submission and will be back in con act with SARPA in the near future are to the next steps.

While only a small step we now have a voice.

Regards
Graham

[yohann]

Statement from BASC.....

New legislation has been introduced by the Government which will make it an offence to fail to properly secure airguns in order to prevent them falling into the hands of children.

From 10th February 2011, owners will be liable for a fine of up to £1,000 if they do not take reasonable precautions to stop unauthorised access to their airgun by people under 18.

The UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), believes the proposed measures are common sense.

BASC is producing practical guidelines on how to abide by the law.

Bill Harriman, BASC’s director of firearms, said: “Young people who are legally allowed to use airguns will not be affected by these changes. Airgun safety is a matter of good sense and good practice and all legitimate users of airguns are aware of safety precautions including access and storage.

“It is regrettable that a small number of incidents of abuse and carelessness have prompted Government action. However, we support measures which will reduce the misuse of airguns while not further restricting the safe use of airguns by law-abiding owners.

“The Government’s impact assessment document took the very sensible and pragmatic view of the sort of security required – a lockable cupboard, or a device to lock the airgun to prevent it being removed. They estimated that such security would cost in the region of £10.

"This is a common sense approach and one which is already followed by the majority of airgun users.”

[wraith]

Here, Here... i back this up 100% and think that all airgunners have responseabilty to make sure that all air guns are made safe in our homes....

[Realtree AL]

WITH 2 KIDS IN THE HOUSE THE FIRST THING I DONE WAS BUY A CABINET I AGREE THAT GOOD SAFETY PRACTICE IN THE HOME IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS SAFETY ON THE RANGE TOTAL BACKING FROM MYSELF