Firearms: Licensing
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of aligning the licensing regime for Section 2 shotguns with that for Section 1 firearms.
Answered by Sarah Jones
We will be undertaking a public consultation later this year on the greater alignment of the controls on shotguns with other firearms.
The Government response to the 2023 firearms licensing consultation, published on 13 February this year, included a commitment to having a consultation on strengthening the licensing controls on shotguns. We will carefully consider the views put forward to the consultation in due course and this includes the possible impact of any changes.
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