Shotguns

[chrissa1]

After a drunken episode back in January my husband was taken into custody for the night and then released without charge or caution. A week later two heavily armed police offiers arrived at our house and confiscated his 3 twelve bore shotguns which were licenced and safely locked away in a gun cabinet.

There has been no recurrence of this behaviour since then and now we have received a letter from the police stating that the guns will be destroyed on Dec 10th if they are not collected by any person "who has your authority in writing to collect on your behalf".

Can I collect them and return them to our home or is he to be denied the use of them forever? They would be locked away and I would keep the key in a safe place not accessible to him. He would NEVER misuse them and it just seems to me that they are being very heavy handed about all this. I have tried to ring the police property officer but got no reply. Any thoughts would be gratefully received. Thank you.

[chrissa1]

Oh. I've just managed to get through to the police and it appears that I CAN pick them up as long as I bring his certificate. I'm not sure if they will deny me access when I get there, but we'll see. Do you think they will give me them back??

[chrissa1]

OKaaaaaay. We haven't had any letter saying that his licence has been revoked though

[uno.who]

chrissa1 ... only a holder of a valid and current shotgun licence can pick them up, and they'd still have to be in possession of wrtitten authority from your hubby. He COULD pick them up himself by producing only his shotgun licence !

Hope that helps

[chrissa1]

uno.who. Thanks for that. Would he know if his licence has been revoked. We haven't had any notification from the police that it has been.

[blackalbino]

He would NEVER misuse them....................just dont ever let him catch you cheating on him!( joke) bad taste i know.........sorry!

[chrissa1]

You cheeky so n so!! I haven't got the time or the energy to cheat on him!!! Mind you ?!?!?!

[blackalbino]

haha! nice to see you got the right end of that joke girl!

[uno.who]

Chrissa .... yes, you're hubby would be in no doubt. They'd have to serve a notice on him and they would have requested return of his licence. Uno

[chrissa1]

Oh, thanks for that uno, never having been in this situation before, I wasn't sure.

Thank you again.