An alarming rise in fatal air gun attacks on cats has led to calls for a change in legislation to restrict the sale and use
of air weapons.
A public information campaign has been launched by the government ahead of the introduction of licensing
for air weapons at the end of this year.
Reports say that it was not a shoulder - fired missile which shot it down, but a heavier surface - to -
air weapon type.
It has yet to be announced how much a licence or permit will cost, while there is also no detailed information about the formation of
approved air weapon clubs.
Home Office minister Nick Hurd announced on 10th October that the Westminster government would review the licensing of
air weapons in England and Wales Jacqui Cuff, Cats Protection's Advocacy Manager said «Cats Protection welcomes today's announcement.
The Government has no plan to
licence air weapons and says the vast majority are used «safely and responsibly».
There is no health in Sky Noon: instead, you'll be using one of the many
compressed air weapons to simply knock your opponent off the map and into oblivion.
BASC fears changes to
air weapon licensing in Scotland will place an unnecessary time and cost burden on the police
Dr Shedden added: «While we recognise that a petition may have secured 20,000 signatories in favour of this ban, we would remind the Scottish government that an even larger petition urged them not to
introduce air weapon licensing.
Light, maneuverable and capable of flying long distances, the Japanese Zero was the
ideal air weapon for the island hopping Pacific war.
Synchronized all aspects of a two - week FTX consisting of over 3500 Soldiers, force on force training lanes, and over 50 live fire exercises to include combined arms live fires
with air weapons teams and indirect fires.
«We know that the vast majority of people who own the estimated 500,000
air weapons in Scotland use them for this activity.
There are no health meters in Sky Noon; instead, to eliminate enemies, players use various super-power
compressed air weapons to send them flying out of their boot spurs!
The website also clarifies that existing shooters with either a firearms or shotgun certificate do not need to licence
their air weapon until their scheduled renewal time.
Dr Shedden added: «When the bill was progressing through parliament, one of the greatest concerns was a presumption against plinking being a good reason for the granting of
an air weapon certificate.
There is no requirement for registered firearms dealers trading only in
air weapons or ammunition to comply with this EU Directive.
The White Paper also proposes the devolution of a few further powers such as the regulation of
air weapons, setting the alcohol limit for drink driving and setting speed limits.
After today's events, there is a lot of speculation that Flight MH17 was brought down by surface to
air weapons.
In addition to the terrible human deaths and casualties that have been inflicted by the indiscriminate use of
air weapons, many pet cats have been the unfortunate victims of air weapons too.
Assemble and analyze multi-source operational intelligence of surface, sub-surface, and
air weapons in support of intelligence briefings, reporting, and analytical programs