Police start unnanounced visits to gun owners homes.

[Steve]

NR, from your own link:

Quote:The new Home Office guidance states: “Where it is judged necessary, based on specific intelligence in light of a particular threat, or risk of harm, the police may undertake an unannounced home visit to check the security of a certificate holder’s firearms and shotguns. It is not expected that the police will undertake an unannounced home visit at an unsocial hour unless there is a justified and specific requirement to do so on the grounds of crime prevention or public safety concerns, and the police judge that this action is both justified and proportionate.”

Importantly, shooters must understand that no new power of entry has been conferred on the police or police staff, and those undertaking a visit must provide “a clear and reasoned explanation” for doing so.

So, in summary, they need specific intelligence of a threat and have no new powers. Shooters in the UK have to be aware of gun security, we have our security inspected when we apply for a certificate and it's not at all difficult to comply by keeping the gun where it's supposed to be - in the safe.