Flare Gun - Is a fire arms licence required?!!

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Edd_King

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OK so.. just bought a boat out in Spain, digging around under the seats we've unearthed a fairly serious looking flare gun & 4 flares to fit. Do I need a licence to carry it? Should I dispose of it? Do I keep it? Is it even legal in Spain? So many questions!

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In the UK you will definitely need a Firearms Certificate. The certificate costs nothing and is not too difficult to obtain, just slightly more onerous than a passport. If the gun is in Spain and you return to UK you could have difficulties importing it. Know nothing of the law in Spain.
 
alahol2 said:
In the UK you will definitely need a Firearms Certificate. The certificate costs nothing and is not too difficult to obtain, just slightly more onerous than a passport. If the gun is in Spain and you return to UK you could have difficulties importing it. Know nothing of the law in Spain.
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No license required for flare gun while it's on board in the UK but needed if taken ashore.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploa...99/Guidance_on_Firearms_Licensing_Law_v13.pdf

See 6.51 Ship and Hovercraft equipment
 
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Edd_King said:
OK so.. just bought a boat out in Spain, digging around under the seats we've unearthed a fairly serious looking flare gun & 4 flares to fit. Do I need a licence to carry it? Should I dispose of it? Do I keep it? Is it even legal in Spain? So many questions!

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Suggest you do not handle it with finger on the trigger per pic posted. Rule #1 -Consider every "firearm" is loaded. Finger on trigger ONLY after it is aimed in a safe direction & you are ready to fire it.
No offense intended-assume you are unfamiliar with "firearms".

From the pic,this appears to be a "commercial grade"(big ship) 25mm flare launcher & the flares are superior to the common plastic "pistol" 12ga. launchers.
I have a plastic OLIN 12ga-very common over here- & it works fine,but the 25mm flares go higher? & burn longer?
It is not a "gun"! It is a high quality distress flare launcher & very legal. Used to be called a "Very? Pistol.
If you fired it at someone @ close range,they will have a nasty bruise,& you will both be preoccupied with a white phosphorous conflagration.
Please Google Flare Launchers.
Cheers/Len
 
bendyone said:
In the UK you need a license, also if you need to take it abroad you need a European license.
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Ship and hovercraft equipment
6.51 No certificate is necessary to authorise the possession of firearms and ammunition subject
to section 1 of the 1968 Act on board ship as part of the ship’s equipment (section 13(1)(a)
of the 1968 Act). A certificate is, however, required to acquire.
 
I had a Webley very pistol for 40 years . I had a firearms cert plus ( in later years) a european licence
I had to store in special cabinet at home but not on board. However, I never left the pistol on board when I was not using the boat so I needed the licence then
The risk of some scrote nicking it ( & missusing it)were too great as far as I was concerned

The French examined the licence ( I always declared possession) but never looked at the pistol. Same in Belgium. The Dutch were not in the least interested on the couple of times they boarded
I only turned it in when Webly flares ( Scheumely)were no longer available in UK
I found the white flares great for recognition. Fortunately never used any reds
The shells last longer than flares ( because they are dated) & were much cheaper
Plastisimo ( now someone else) did make the guns buttheir flares were not suitable for my gun.
Getting one imported was a no no as it was a job to find someone in UK who could import them.

If it was not so much hassle buying I would have another

I now carry a set of pen flares in my LJ pouch but they are red & although white are advertised, getting them is proving difficult
 
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Daydream believer said:
I had a Webley very pistol for 40 years . I had a firearms cert plus ( in later years) a european licence
I had to store in special cabinet at home but not on board. However, I never left the pistol on board when I was not using the boat so I needed the licence then
The risk of some scrote nicking it ( & missusing it)were too great as far as I was concerned

The French examined the licence ( I always declared possession) but never looked at the pistol. Same in Belgium. The Dutch were not in the least interested on the couple of times they boarded
I only turned it in when Webly flares ( Scheumely)were no longer available in UK
I found the white flares great for recognition. Fortunately never used any reds
The shells last longer than flares ( because they are dated) & were much cheaper
Plastisimo ( now someone else) did make the guns buttheir flares were not suitable for my gun.
Getting one imported was a no no as it was a job to find someone in UK who could import them.

If it was not so much hassle buying I would have another

I now carry a set of pen flares in my LJ pouch but they are red & although white are advertised, getting them is proving difficult
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If it was me I'd wait for dark and slip it over board... too much hassle.... :p
 
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