Apply for Membership

Please complete the form below and enter the required data.

Please review Section 21 of the 1968 Firearms Act before applying.

PLEASE NOTE WE HAVE A LONG WAITING LIST

Upon receipt of your application, you will be placed in a waiting list.  

We aim to get to you as soon as we can, but it does take time before we are able to take the next batch of members.  We need to ensure that we do not exceed legal limits regarding probationary membership.

When you submit your form you should get an acknowledgment email and message. 

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Possession of firearms by persons previously convicted of crime.
(1)A person who has been sentenced [F1to custody for life or] to preventive detention, or to imprisonment or to corrective training for a term of three years or more [F1or to youth custody [F2or detention in a young offender institution] for such a term], or who has been sentenced be detained for such a term in a young offenders institution in Scotland, shall not at any time have a firearm or ammunition in his possession.
(2)A person who has been sentenced . . . F3 to imprisonment for a term of three months or more but less than three years [F4or to youth custody [F5or detention in a young offender institution] for such a term], or who has been sentenced to be detained for such a term in a detention centre or in a young offenders institution in Scotland [F6or who has been subject to a secure training order [F7or a detention and training order]], shall not at any time before the expiration of the period of five years from the date of his release have a firearm or ammunition in his possession.