Controversial Scots shooting competition allows gun activist with revoked licence to take part

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A gun activist who had his firearms licences revoked was still able to take part in a controversial practical shooting competition.Callum Long-Collins, 31, was stripped of his gun licences seven years ago after police said his social media had become a “forum for extremism” in the wake of the 2015 Paris terror attacks.Yet Long-Collins, from Hampshire, who called the families of the Dunblane victims “delusional” for their gun control campaigning, was able to take part in the United Kingdom Practical Shooting Association (UKPSA) 2022 Scottish Masters in Lanarkshire.A video he uploaded to his YouTube channel shows him firing and reloading guns at the Recoil Scotland practical shooting range in Shotts, which has been previously highlighted by the Sunday Mail for exploiting gun laws.

These US-inspired gun clubs don’t fall under government approval rules despite members – including those at the Lanarkshire club – using high-powered weapons as they move around a combat assault course to take out human-shaped targets.Gun control campaigners called UKPSA “irresponsible” for allowing Long-Collins to take part in the contest as calls for a major reform of UK gun laws grow.Gill Marshall-Andrews, chair of the Gun Control Network, said: “Practical shooting is an activity of great concern for us but no one else seems to be worried about it.

It offers an opportunity for people deemed unsuitable to have a firearms licence to get their hands on guns.Gun clubs like this need proper regulation and approval by the Home Office.”One gun control campaigner said: “It’s utterly irresponsible and arrogant of the UKPSA to allow someone previously deemed unsuitable to hold firearm ­certificates to participate in its competitions.” The Sunday Mail,