Submitted on Tuesday 18th November 2025
Rejected on Thursday 18th December 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Reject any proposals to place shotguns onto section 1 FAC's
The government is proposing to place shotguns onto section 1 of The Firearms Act which would effectively require any purchase to be authorised prior and authority to obtain recorded on a Firearms Certificate (FAC).This would create unneccessary delays and overwelme an already burdened process.
These tighter restrictions to an already strict Act will create unneccesary delays in the process of purchasing or acquiring a shotgun. Conditions will be placed on their use. These proposals will undoubtably increase the workload of already over burdened licensing departments creating even longer delays.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for the same action:
Do not merge section 1 & 2 regulations on firearms licenses
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/750236
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