How would i go about getting a 9mm pistol

bagger762

hi, i am interested in getting a pistol (h&k usp) and i just wondering what are the legal standing and processes in getting one. i already have a rifle and shotgun so it will not be my first weapon.

i have heard that you have to have an interview with the chief supt explaining why you want one, and also that you need a secure alarmed safe in your house and a safe in your car.

any help would be much appreciated
thanks in advance

IRLConor

1. Join a club that does the kind of pistol target shooting you want to do. They'll only issue a license for target shooting, so you'll have to do this anyway if you haven't already.
2. Go talk to your local firearms officer, the same one you deal with for your other firearms. He/She should be able to tell you the precise requirements for your individual case. From what I have read in these forums, a monitored alarm and a decent safe at home would be factors in your favour in many districts.

civdef

Call me cynical, but the fact that you specifically want a 9mm USP combined with your username suggest to me that your motives for wanting one will fall short of what would be deemed "good reason".

Bananaman

They are "Sporting Firearms" - not Weapons

As the guys said - Join a club - learn to shoot - then apply for a license.

If you get the license you can then buy one.

B'Man

Mellor

civdef wrote: »

Call me cynical, but the fact that you specifically want a 9mm USP combined with your username suggest to me that your motives for wanting one will fall short of what would be deemed "good reason".

Could you explain this for me,
I'm not an expert on handguns, so the relevence of his username and USP is lost on me.

Rew

Bagger = RDF person
762 = 7.62 NATO
USP = Standard pistol of the Army

Bit unfair to think that just because your in the reserves you shouldn't have a pistol. Plenty of Regualr and Reserve people want to train for Army competions in their own time and cannt do that with Army guns/ranges.

Mellor

Rew wrote: »

Bagger = RDF person

Ah, that was the part lost on me. Knew was USP was, well I forget what I stands for, but familar with it through SOCOM type games when younger.

I still don't see why being in the RDF would mean motives for wanting one will fall short of what would be deemed "good reason". A friend on mine was in the RDF, and is now in the army. He regularly handly and use firearms that are far more [nasty adjective here] than a 9mm. I imagine due to this he would stand a better chance of getting a 9mm than I would.

Sparks

He regularly handly and use firearms that are far more [nasty adjective here] than a 9mm. I imagine due to this he would stand a better chance of getting a 9mm than I would.

Why? I mean, the army trains you to shoot people with 9mm pistols, civilian target shooting trains you not to, so I'd say you had a head-start
Besides which, after ten years of seeing RDF chaps show up in DURC, the lesson I've learnt is that while RDF chaps may be more familiar with firearms, it doesn't mean that they'll be better trained with them (which isn't to say it doesn't happen, just that it doesn't happen with every soldier).

Rew

Sparks wrote: »

Why? I mean, the army trains you to shoot people with 9mm pistols, civilian target shooting trains you not to, so I'd say you had a head-start
Besides which, after ten years of seeing RDF chaps show up in DURC, the lesson I've learnt is that while RDF chaps may be more familiar with firearms, it doesn't mean that they'll be better trained with them (which isn't to say it doesn't happen, just that it doesn't happen with every soldier).

So what your saying is the moral of the story is that civilian or military experience with firearms doenst doesnt always add up to better training?

Sparks

*heheh*
Something like that allright