Shotgun and firearms owners should pay significantly more for licences to meet a huge funding gap in managing the gun control scheme, the Association of Chief Police Officers has said. Fees have not risen for more than a decade and there is a shortfall of £19 million each year for police forces to process certificates. Chief Constable Andy Marsh, the association's spokesman on firearms licensing, also called on the Treasury to plug the financial hole. Sporting gun... (GunPolicy.org)