Legally owned firearms

[alone wolf]

If one suspects someone might be in possession of a legally owned firearm and the individual is under investigation and/or suspension from acting in their professional field by their regulatory body, is it of police concern or not?

[Collectingbrass]

It would depend on their mental health and their potential to harm themselves or others as a result. As just one example of a voluntary licence surrender after a chat with Plod https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yde5p9kw9o

[Decky_Q]

Being dismissed from a professional body wouldnt have any bearing on FAC unless it was due to criminal conduct.

If your mental capacity/durability has been reduced through financial or relationship stress, that may be of interest to the FAO issuing certificates.

[mmm-five]

If it's action that involves the police, then they'll likely already know about the FAC.

[Landlubber]

It's not a criminal matter and if it's a mental health issue your NHS records are flagged so they'll know. It sounds like you dont like someone.

[AndyAudi]

Police interactions - they know as linked to name & address.
Medical - there’s a flag if you’re a gun holder to raise concerns re medical conditions or medication.

Bereavement / relationship breakdown firearms teams can also take an interest in.

I’m like previous poster though, wording of OP sounds like you’re asking to interfere & try & cause issues rather than address concerns. As this is PH, are you concerned they still have their driving licence too?

[GiantEnemyCrab]

Indeed, no one really cares about being a Chartered Accountant and being on the naughty step with your membership body and having a FAC.

[JonnyWhitters]

Landlubber said:

It's not a criminal matter and if it's a mental health issue your NHS records are flagged so they'll know. It sounds like you dont like someone.

This.

Please don’t interfere unless you genuinely believe there’s an immediate threat to safety or life. Any spurious claims can result in removal of firearms and the process to reverse that and return them is lengthy and frustrating. Not least it ties up valuable FEO and police time where they could be spent managing actual issues.

[eldrich]

JonnyWhitters said:

This.

Please don t interfere unless you genuinely believe there s an immediate threat to safety or life. Any spurious claims can result in removal of firearms and the process to reverse that and return them is lengthy and frustrating. Not least it ties up valuable FEO and police time where they could be spent managing actual issues.

This in spades, Traying to get firearms back can be very very difficult, including having to go to court to force the return (costly!), then of course the fact they were taken away once it is never forgotten.

The UK shooting inducstry is already in dire straits with the numbers giving up becasue of the hoops involved in renewing FACs etc. You onlu have to visit a web site like Holts to see there is virtually no 2nd hand market anymore as the number of guns being given up has killed the market. Its a very sad time for many dealers at the moment.

[donkmeister]

JonnyWhitters said:

Landlubber said:

It's not a criminal matter and if it's a mental health issue your NHS records are flagged so they'll know. It sounds like you dont like someone.

This.

Please don t interfere unless you genuinely believe there s an immediate threat to safety or life. Any spurious claims can result in removal of firearms and the process to reverse that and return them is lengthy and frustrating. Not least it ties up valuable FEO and police time where they could be spent managing actual issues.

We don't know the person he's talking about. Firearms owners are a cross-section of society and personalities, which means some are absolute knobheads and nutters (not every nutter has a condition).

If one of these people is embroiled in a stressful situation where they are likely to feel wronged then they absolutely should have their firearms removed. I don't know the last time a legal firearms owner was involved in shooting a person in the UK. Dunblaine? Tony Martin? If that changes, there will be further restrictions.