Positive prescription

Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, must take the opportunity with proposed changes to shotgun certification to sort out the mess surrounding the non-legal requirement for a doctor’s letter to be included in the application/renewal process. If this document does become a legal requirement then it must be uniform in content and cost throughout the UK. As a member of both WAGBI and then BASC for 60-plus years,

I expect the organisations that represent us to play a major part in these vital negotiations.

Mike Vacher, Bedfordshire Ed

- Mike, the Statutory Guidance for Chief Officers of Police on firearms licensing will be published on gov.uk the day we go to press, which should update us on whether the medical report will be an official part of the firearms certification process. David Frost will review this in an article next issue.