Police: ''Let children have gun licenses'''

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POLICE: ‘LET CHILDREN HAVE GUN LICENCES’
Last updated at 10:12, Thursday, 18 November 2010
A POLICE chief stunned MPs investigating whether licensing laws need to be altered after the Cumbrian shootings by telling them children as young as 10 should be able to apply for firearms licences.

As it stands, children must be 14 to obtain a firearms licence but only need to be 10 to obtain a shotgun licence. But the Association of Chief Police Officers’ lead on firearms licensing, Assistant Chief Constable Adrian Whiting, suggested lowering the age for firearms to 10 in line with shotguns.

He was giving evidence before the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee into firearms control following the horrific events of June 2.

Mr Whiting said the ages were products of legislation dating back to the 1920s. When pushed by MPs on what single age limit there should be for children being allowed to have a licence under supervision he replied: “The minimum age should be 10 I would suggest.”

He told MPs just 26 10-year-olds currently had shotgun licences,

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Full Story - Found on UK-NRA :glugglug: :hatsoff:

 

[PlasmaTwa2]

Kids are already annoying, disrespectful little shits who think they are gangster. Why the hell would anyone think about giving them a gun? Hopefully all the dumb ones will shoot themselves in the head.

 

[TheOrangeCat]

Stupid is as stupid does.
Police. Making life more dangerous since 1829.

 

[roronoa3000]

I agree. How else can they settle playground beef with each other?

 

[meesterperfect]

these laws are for allowing a child to fire a weapon while hunting with an adult also with a license.
not for kids to own or buy guns..........jeesh!

so for all the pea-brains out there this means teaching children responsibility and respect for a firearm, not how to be a criminal........thats mtv's job.

 

[Supafly]

Stupid is as stupid does.
Police. Making life more dangerous since 1829.

Huh? Please single out which specific event you are referring to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1829

 

[TheOrangeCat]

Huh? Please single out which specific event you are referring to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1829

The passing of the first Metropolitan Police Act, which gave legal status to Robert Peel's Peelers.

 

[Facetious]

I agree. How else can they settle playground beef with each other?

This is how, dammit! :clap:

Remember the good ol days, Meester Perfecto?

 

[PirateKing]

Are there no other ways to control the population? For crying out loud, kids don't know how to shoot. We'd be wasting precious ammo.

 

[edirons22]

There are enough guns around the world and now they put them in children's hands? :eek: The world is going from bad to worse!

 

[Ravenholm]

List of places to visit if I win the lottery:

Romania... check!.
Germany... check!.
America... need to buy a kevlar helmet and vest and a G36C.
Norway... check!.
Finland... check!.

Only joking on the American one unless this whole giving kids a gun license gets the green light.

 

[Spleen]

List of places to visit if I win the lottery:

Romania... check!.
Germany... check!.
America... need to buy a kevlar helmet and vest and a G36C.
Norway... check!.
Finland... check!.

Only joking on the American one unless this whole giving kids a gun license gets the green light.

Perhaps the most shocking part of the story is that it's in England, not America...

 

[vodkazvictim]

Maybe I can get hold of a firearm after all.