Home Office Statistics - Part 2

Written By Fraser Lamb

On 27 June 2024, the Home Office published the Statistics on firearm and shotgun certificates England and Wales: April 2023 to March 2024

Two statistics are sobering.

  • Of the 510 717 people who have access to firearms in England and Wales, 351 425 or 68.8% are aged 50 or over.

  • Only 159 292 are aged under 50.

Look about you when you're beating, picking up, or at the range.  How old are the people shooting?  How old are the people helping?  How old are the guns on the beater’s days?

Think about what that means and what we all could do to stop shooting coming to a conclusion in the coming generations.

Fraser Lamb

Fraser Lamb is on the SACS Management Committee. After retiring from the police in 2017, with his last four years being head of firearms licensing in Scotland, he now helps SACS members on licensing matters.

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