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Make .22 Rimfire Pistols legal for Sporting purposes on FAC Certificates

Closed 245 signatures

What the petition asks

In 1997 The UK Labour party Prime minister Tony Blair brought in The Firearm Ammendment Act of 1997 Number 2 which banned all .22 rimfire pistols for section 1 holders. I feel like the ban was unessecary and pointless and I feel that we have been treated as gulity people but we are not.
Whoever holds a section 1 licence should have any gun they wish. Because what doesn't make sense is that if 22 rimfire semi auto rifles are legal then why can't we own a 22 rimfire pistol. If we somehow stand up against anti gun people and prove to them of how guns are not evil people that are bad are evil. If you even don't have a licence but support this sport you can push us to victory and freedom for this sport and live in a country with zero threat.

Timeline

1 Aug 2016 Petition opened for signatures
1 Feb 2017 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 245
Status Closed
Opened 1 Aug 2016
Closed 1 Feb 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.