Question for you lot in the know.
I was recently considering taking shooting back up albeit with air rifles since there is an all day range a few miles away but since Scotland has, yet again, decided to go a bit crazy and effectively make air weapons licensed this is going to have to be put on hold till such times as they actually make it clear what the conditions are going to be. Alternatively, I could just go the whole hog and apply for my firearms certificate and start up .22 should the range decide to upgrade to cater for the predicted increase in uptake of said FC’s. My question is this: what should I specifically be doing to aid in getting a FC?
I know you need to be a club member (justification and character reference).
I know that it will be broadly similar to SC conditions for weapons held in the home (sole access to certificte holder(s), ammo and bolts seperate).
But what else? Are there any hard and fast rules or is it simply a case of talking to the local firearms officer to see what they would be looking for?
FWIW I’m already Counter Terrorism Checked and formerly Disclosure checked for work so doubt background will be an issue.