Thread: Police recording serial numbers

Originally Posted by Rushy

Let me state right from the get go that I am no fan of Police national headquarters or the way they have treated us in the firearms community over the last few years. That said, I maintain a comprehensive list of all of my firearms including make, model, serial number, accessories and photographs. After all they are valuable assets and I want to do all I can do to assist in any future insurance claim. I have even kept the detail of firearms I no longer have and the identity of the persons that ownership of them transferred to. The Police have all of the B endorsement detail for the pistols and revolvers that I have and for some years now I have never seen any issue with voluntarily giving them the detail for all of the others that I currently hold. Whether people provide the detail to the Police or not is entirely their prerogative and I am relaxed whichever side of the discussion anyone adheres to but from my point of view, my providing the detail to Police is just another level of proof for any future insurance claim should that ever become necessary. None of my firearms are illegal and none have been used for illegitimate purposes so where is the harm.

I think the main trust of people that don't want to hand over is the lack of guaruntees of security of the information, and lack of transparency when the worst does happen i.e. leaks and security breaches...