Gun Policy News
UK National Gun Register Goes Ahead With No Link to Police System
26 January 2006
Computing (UK)
The government is to press ahead with the introduction of a national firearms certificate register despite the system being unable to connect to the Police National Computer (PNC).
Without the link, forces will be unable to receive automatic alerts from police in other parts of the country about firearm certificate holders acting suspiciously.
Last week Computing reported on fresh technical problems that forced the latest round of testing of the much-delayed National... (GunPolicy.org)