16 replies to this topic

[lapider]

the title says it all.

does anybody know if i can legaly carry my air rifle in my mini on public roads at the age of 17. ive passed my test so im not on a provisional lisence, my reasoning is so that i can drive to a near by farm so i can use the gun. (to make this topic related to minis may i add it would be in my mini)

Edited by lapider, 09 February 2011 - 10:54 PM.

[wardyxxx]

"You must be aged 18 or older to carry an air rifle or air pistol in a public place even if it is cased. It is now a offence to cary an air rifle or pistol in a public place without resonable excuse."

Even if you were, you need to PROVE you were taking the gun somewhere. I've been stopped loads of times with my .308 rifle.

[charie t]

If you have a license yes, But be safe and store the pellets seperately to the gun. It wants to be out of sight from passers by and not accessable to you. But in a mini this can be trouble some as if it doesn't break down it can only go on the back seat.
If you get stopped by a chance police officer tell him its there, he'll not look at you nicely if you don't tell him.
oops missed the 17 bit :$

Edited by charie t, 09 February 2011 - 11:08 PM.

[wardyxxx]

If you have a license yes, But be safe and store the pellets seperately to the gun. It wants to be out of sight from passers by and not accessable to you. But in a mini this can be trouble some as if it doesn't break down it can only go on the back seat.
If you get stopped by a chance police officer tell him its there, he'll not look at you nicely if you don't tell him.
oops missed the 17 bit :$

You don't need a license for an air gun.

[Mini Mad Drakeley]

what people cant see wont hurt them

[blue blood]

what people cant see wont hurt them

Not sure that is true! For example snipers! Ha Ha
Regards Blue

[jay whiting]

You need to be 18 to legaly carry an air rifle (no licence needed for the gun). It must be cased, pellets should be caried seperate to the gun. And you must have written permission from the land owner to say you have the right to shoot on his/here land as well.

It also helps if you are a member of a shooting range/club and carry a membership card of such to proove you are a competant shooter (but not a legal requirment.

[AVV IT]

If you have a license yes

You need a licence for an air rifle now?? When did that happen??

Edited by AVV IT, 10 February 2011 - 06:13 AM.

[Stevee]

also neededs to be kept in a hard locked gun case with the gas in a differenet case to the gun also ammo kept in another case

[Timify]

If you have a license yes

You need a licence for an air rifle now?? When did that happen??

You do not need a license to own and air rifle or pistol providing it is not capable of exceeding certain power limits.

Also you need to prove you are a member or an air soft type club, where the gun is not over 50% a neon colour.

[Tommyboy12]

You getting air soft laws mixed up with air rifle laws. An air rifle doesnt need to be brightly coloured.

Mines a breaker type air rifle so i just break the barrel and lock it in the boot if i need to take it somewhere. Only place ive taken it though was to the shop to have it serviced. I put it in a carry case to take it from the car to the shop.

[Davethepioneer]

You getting air soft laws mixed up with air rifle laws. An air rifle doesnt need to be brightly coloured.

Mines a breaker type air rifle so i just break the barrel and lock it in the boot if i need to take it somewhere. Only place ive taken it though was to the shop to have it serviced. I put it in a carry case to take it from the car to the shop.

Quite correct Tommyboy12. AirRifle and AirSoft are completly different! If your air rifle has a muzzle velocity of twelve foot pounds you do not need a FAC (fire arms certificate). If like me you rifle is more then you reuire FAC.

Airguns and the law

Although air weapons, with very few exceptions as outlined above, are not required to be kept on a firearm certificate, they are still classed as firearms and fall under the control of the firearms legislation.

As an airgun shooter, you must make sure that you know the law and keep within it. If

you don´t, you could find yourself in court facing charges with sanctions ranging from

heavy fines right up to life imprisonment. The following is a list of the laws by which you

must abide and you might be surprised at just how long it is.

• It is an offence to sell or make a gift of an air weapon to a person under eighteen

years of age.

• It is an offence for anyone under eighteen to carry an air weapon unless -

they are under the supervision of a person aged twenty one or more or

they are on private land and have permission from the occupier or

they are shooting as a member of an approved club or

they are shooting at a shooting gallery for miniature rifles.


• It is an offence for a person under eighteen shooting unsupervised on private land to allow any pellets to cross the boundaries of the property.

• It is an offence for any person, regardless of age, to be in possession of an air weapon in a public place without a reasonable excuse. A reasonable excuse might be carrying a gun to and from a target shooting club or to and from land on which you have permission to shoot. It would also include taking a gun to and from a gunsmith for repair or service or taking a new gun home from the dealer.

• It is an offence to trespass with an air weapon, be that in a building or on land.

• It is an offence to have an air weapon if you are a person prohibited from possessing a

firearm by section 21 of the 1968 Act. This section prohibits anyone who has been

sentenced to a custodial sentence of between three months and three years from

possessing an air weapon or other firearm for five years from the date of release.

Anyone sentenced to three years or more is prohibited for life.

• It is an offence to fire your gun within fifty feet (fifteen metres) of the centre of a public

road in such a way as to endanger or impede any road user.

• It is an offence to shoot protected wild birds or animals. When live quarry shooting,

it is your responsibility to make sure that you only shoot legal quarry.

• It is an offence to shoot pet animals. Besides being abhorrent to most people, this is, above all others, the offence that gives all air weapon shooters a bad name.

• It is an offence to have an air weapon with intent to damage property.

• It is an offence to have an air weapon with intent to endanger life.


This may seem a long and onerous list, but it is all no more than common sense. If you use your gun safely and responsibly, you will be in no danger of committing an offence.

[charie t]

You don't need a license for an air gun.

Driving license i meant

[maggies_minder]

just put it on the back seat but underneath the padding. no one will ever know.

[Carlos W]

How long is it until you're 18?

I'd just wait, and then you'll be all legal!