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The PSRA rule book can be read at -  PSRA RULES

SHOOTING LAW as it applies to MINORS.

NOTE - THESE LAWS REFER ONLY TO ENGLAND AND WALES


This brief summary of the law as it relates to minors who shoot
represents the bare minimum that shooting coaches and their charges
should know. These notes should however be treated as no more than
guides to a  complex subject. Further advice may be had by contacting
your police firearms licensing department or any of the shooting
organisations such as the NSRA, NRA or BASC.

1 . It is an offence for a person under the age of 18  to buy or hire
any firearm or ammunition. This includes air weapons (air rifles and air
pistols) and their pellets .

2. It is an offence to give or to part with possession of a firearm
(including air rifles or air pistols) to a person under 18, except in
certain circumstances  (see below.)  It is therefore not possible in law
for a parent to gift an air rifle or pistol to a child under 18 . Any
such rifle or pistol remains the property of the parent, to be used
according to exemptions  (see  4(b) below)

3. A person over 14 but under 18 may use a firearm without supervision,
but may not buy or hire one.

4. A person under 14 may not handle or use any firearm, except:


a) At a school or other Home Office Approved club, at a  miniature rifle
range/gallery, or as a member of a cadet corps. 

b) With respect to air weapons only, a child under 14 may not use an air
rifle or air pistol without supervision of a person of or over the age
of 21. 

5. The 14-18 age range may shoot unaccompanied on private premises only
where they have permission.

6. Pellets fired from an air weapon on land where one has permission to
shoot must not travel beyond the boundaries of that land.

7. A person under 18 may not possess an air rifle or air pistol in a
public place unless supervised by someone of 21 years or older.

8. Young people need a personal firearm certificate if they wish to
shoot a cartridge rifle anywhere other than on a range. A firearm
certificate can only be obtained from the age of 14

9. No firearm certificate is required for an air rifle  with a muzzle
energy not exceeding 12 Ft/Lbs  or an air pistol  with a muzzle energy
not exceeding 6 Ft/Lbs.


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