On 26 Jan, 13:00, "dennis@home" wrote:

I suppose you will also state that machine guns are licensable provided they
meet certain rules (like not being a machine gun).

Of course they're licensable: Cat 5.

Nor are Cat 5 licences quite as unobtainable as people claim. As an
FAC (unlike a shotgun certificate) lists _specific_ firearms, it's not
hard to get a Cat 5 licence in general, but your specific one will be
restricted to only a specific firearm that you've shown good reason
for.

The guy who breaks scrap aircraft from the RAF has a Cat 5 licence
that covers him for the rare case of the odd 27mm cannon shell left
rolling around. When the Plod have time-expired CS to get rid of it
counts as hazardous chemical waste and so someone needs to have _both_
a Cat 5 and an ADR ticket. There are locksmiths who have Cat 5
licences to allow them to work legally with the teargas grenades in
some old safes.