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Yorkshire Police Issue Gun Licences to 10yr-olds, Gun Clubs Say That's OK
9 August 2010
Yorkshire Evening Post (UK)
Shotgun licences have been handed to 10-year-old children by West Yorkshire Police.
The force's Wakefield-based gun licensing department has granted 84 shotgun certificates to people aged under 18 since April 2008.
Two licences were handed to 10-year-olds and three went to 11-year-olds, figures released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal.
The certificates allow youngsters to legally shoot cartridges at targets, game and vermin.
In the same period, the force... (GunPolicy.org)