Government response
Not tracked (historical inquiry)
Delivery
No statement from the addressee found
Recommendation DUNB-17: Require police satisfaction of applicant fitness for firearm certificate granting
From Dunblane Inquiry — Final Report, published 16 October 1996.
Recommendation
Section 27(1) of the Firearms Act 1968 should include as one of the conditions on which the granting or renewal of a firearm certificate is dependent that the chief officer of police is satisfied that the applicant is fit to be entrusted with the firearm and ammunition to which the application relates (para 8.63).
Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.
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Recommendation made
30.0 years ago