If you apply to the Police for a Firearms License, your GP will be contacted by the Police who will request general medical information and ask the GP if they have “concerns” regarding the issuing of a firearms license. If the Police do not receive a response from the GP within 21 days, they will draw the inference that the GP has no concerns.

The Police do not offer a fee to the GP for the report, which they have no contractual obligation to complete without a fee.

GPs can decline to provide a report because they have a conscientious objection to the holding of firearms.

Our conscientious objectors are:- Dr Moore-Moffatt & Dr Grace Getty.

All other GPs in the Practice will complete the report at their own discretion for patients registered with them, providing they know the patient well enough and if the applicant is willing to pay the fee.

In this case the applicant will be contacted and a reply will be sent back to the Police informing them they will receive the report once we have received the fee from the applicant. This will ensure that the delay arising from requesting and receiving a fee from the applicant cannot be misconstrued as the GP not having any concerns about the applicant possessing a Firearm.