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I am not certain what the "best way" to acquire the SGC is but a brief tour of the subject by google shows that it is a relatively simple process.

You are not actually required to be a gun club member to get the SGC according to the UK website. However I am sure that for an urban dweller that would be an easy justification for ownership under the "need a shotgun" qualification of some areas. According to the government website every subject has the right to own a shotgun if they meet the qualifications which appear to be a clean criminal background and a secure gun cabinet.

You can always buy a better gun cabinet, but you can't fix stupid!

One of the things that will be a show stopper over there, just as it is over here, are the indiscretions of your youth, otherwise known as being young and dumb. Doing stupid things when you were a kid or young adult will remain on ones record for a lifetime.

We have hundreds of thousands of people that are denied firearms ownership for canibus possession charges, simple assaults, simple battery, underage drinking when they were 18, 19 or 20 years old and it has followed them for a lifetime. You do not even need a conviction on your record, the arrest is considered grounds for refusal. So if you once got high, drank some beer, went over to an ex-girlfriends house and peed on your flowers, got into a fight, and tried to run away from the responding officer your SGC application is a waste of time for the rest of your life.

I know one guy that is denied purchase due to being arrested for skinny dipping in the river back in 1968.

Over here all that stuff counts as automatic denial of application, and a new form and new background check is done for each purchase. We do not have a SGC or FAC and every purchase is reviewed against criminal records check.

Concealed carry permits require an even closer investigation and the approval at state and local levels plus the fees, which equal your SGC fees.

I just had renewal of my CCW last week and gathering and submitting the paperwork took all day Monday, a visit to the Sheriff, three checks, two government agencies, and close to $100 US.

The worst part was the new passport photo. Good God I am old and ugly!

At one time there was a train of thought that leaned toward fear that TPTB would come and get your shotgun in SHTF. I think that train of thought has dispelled a bit with the realization that there are not enough police officers to run a proper patrol in "good times" and definitely not enough to come knocking on your door searching for all the weapons in the UK.

They might want to come get your shotgun, but if things are that bad the few police and troops that do exist are going to be too busy to knock on doors in large groups, dressed in body armor. Yes they might come get your shotgun, but chances are they will not, and you will have it to use as needed.

If they do you are no worse off than you would have been otherwise.

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