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UK Pilots Voluntary Mental Health Info Sharing for Gun Licence Applicants
7 May 2014
BBC News
A pilot to carry out more health checks on people applying for a firearms licence has revealed some people who would otherwise have been allowed one, police say.
Applicants can volunteer to let their GP give Durham Police relevant details about their mental and physical health.
Ch Insp Steve Ball said it was clear some had not been "particularly candid" about medical conditions in the past.
The force used to rely on people self-declaring such issues.
It is now... (GunPolicy.org)