Thread: New gun security laws

Originally Posted by Skitsokiwi

Hey guys

Friend of mine recently went into our local h&f to inquire about their e cat safe prices. He was told not to bother as they had received a letter from the police stating that they no longer recognise any of the current e cat safes as approved methods of storage no matter the cert they have and have put a hold on all e and a cat storage checks or something along those lines. The reasoning is that they are going to an approved police engineer that will be the only one able to certify a firearms safe etc and each safe will have to be individually approved not just a model of safe. Apparently due to some safes being approved when really they shouldn't be and the police having no "control" over the certifier.

Anyone else heard anything about this happening?

Getting back on topic, just had a similar experience. A few months back I bought a second hand e-cat safe off a forum member. He provided the original receipt, that shows the store sold it as e-cat rated, but didn't provide an engineer's certificate.

I emailed the shop explaining the situation, sent a scan of the receipt and requested the certificate.

Here's the reply:

"The E-Cat safe situation is a little complicated at the moment - a couple of weeks ago the Police demanded a re-certification of all restricted category safes, so we are currently in the process of going through this with our supplier"

Fingers crossed my model of safe DOES get recertified.