Petition · PE01485 · Session 4
Airgun licensing in Scotland
Signatures
14,193
Comments
0
Considered
2 meetings
What it asks
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to drop its proposals to licence air guns in Scotland.
What the petitioner did first
Lobbying MSPs by writting e-mailing my regional MSPs and meeting with my own local MSP.
Annabelle Goldie replied saying that she would not support the proposal. The SNP representatives for my area supported the proposal. The general feeling I got was that most MSPs were more concerned with their careers than the truth of the matter.
With these results and as Kenny MacAskill has also been quoted as saying the subject for a licence is not up for debate. "We are not consulting on the principle of licensing
- this will happen." (See BBC link) I felt the need to create a petition to show there is a large amount of public opinion against the move.
I submitted my views against the proposal via the government consultation as well as sending in a copy of the petition and signee's comments with my response.
The signatures on the petition were obtained through support from various shooting organisations such as BASC, SACS, SARPA CA etc as well as online campaigning through the Facebook page and speaking to people through shooting forums.
https://www.facebook.com/NoToAirgunLicencingInScotland
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-20720203
Annabelle Goldie replied saying that she would not support the proposal. The SNP representatives for my area supported the proposal. The general feeling I got was that most MSPs were more concerned with their careers than the truth of the matter.
With these results and as Kenny MacAskill has also been quoted as saying the subject for a licence is not up for debate. "We are not consulting on the principle of licensing
- this will happen." (See BBC link) I felt the need to create a petition to show there is a large amount of public opinion against the move.
I submitted my views against the proposal via the government consultation as well as sending in a copy of the petition and signee's comments with my response.
The signatures on the petition were obtained through support from various shooting organisations such as BASC, SACS, SARPA CA etc as well as online campaigning through the Facebook page and speaking to people through shooting forums.
https://www.facebook.com/NoToAirgunLicencingInScotland
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-20720203
Where it was considered
Official Report-
3 Sep 20131 mention
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12 Nov 20131 mention
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