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    ASK THE EXPERTS

    Nov 12, 2020 6 minutes

    Sporting Rifle’s Experts

    Foxing: Mike Powell

    Professional gamekeeper and foxing expert

    Legal: David Barrington Barnes

    Solicitor turned specialist firearms law advisor

    Technique/Kit: Mark Ripley

    YouTube star and extreme-range foxer

    LEGAL

    Q Thirty years ago I was convicted of a serious assault and sentenced to four years imprisonment. I am now a family man with a steady job. Will I be allowed shotgun and firearms certificates?

    A David says: Before you can get a FAC you must apply for the removal of the prohibition on you possessing firearms of any description. As an offender sentenced to more than three years in prison you are, under Section 21 of the Firearms act 1968, subject to a statutory lifetime ban. However, under Section 21 (6), you are entitled to apply to your local Crown Court for the removal of the prohibition. In hearing your application the Court will carefully consider such matters as the original offence, your behaviour in prison and your life post release up to the present time.

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