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Edinburgh hobby shop wins back air-gun licence



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Published Date: 24 April 2008
A HOBBY shop has won its battle to sell air guns after police had refused their bid for a licence.
The owners of Wonderland were told to install safety measures if they wanted to continue selling the weapons, after a change in the law last year.

The Lothian Road shop was Scotland's largest seller of air weapons with sales of around £50,000 per year.

However, Lothian and Borders chief constable David Strang dismissed the application, saying he considered the store to be a toy shop.

But today a sheriff insisted Mr Strang had got it wrong and ordered the police to reverse the decision.

In a written judgement, Sheriff Kenneth Maciver said: "The Chief Constable has again misjudged the precise nature of Wonderland's business and has categorized the shop as a toy shop, and as such likely to be populated only by hoards of unaccompanied small children who would be free to roam the shop and without restriction or obstruction the weapons."

Iain Reid, manager of Wonderland, said: "We're obviously very pleased with the judge's decision and hope we can now move on from this."



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  • Last Updated: 24 April 2008 5:47 PM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

Gorgie_Tony,

Edinburgh 24/04/2008 17:54:53
No surprises here - I have always known that the Chief Constable is always wrong. He should hang his head in shame and resign - he is nothing but a lazy officer - similar to the police officers he employs.
2

Von Trippenhoff,

24/04/2008 19:47:29
This will be the same shop that had that 'hippy' arrested and given 3 months in jail for accidentally shooting thier employee across the road with an air-soft gun. You'd think after such a terrifying ordeal that warranted police and a custodial sentence they'd not be wanting any of these items sold to the public eh? haha
3

dmtm,

25/04/2008 08:07:47
Gorgie-Tony: well the names says it all really, low intellect, IQ -5, probably a 20/20 drinker who sits at the corner of a street in Gorgie on his own on a sat night. If we are to reduce gun crime and reduce the number of innocent children being maimed by mindless idiots then shops like Wonderland should be closed down. Wonderland is one shop where I spend some considerable money however after the sheriff's (Boss Hogg wannabe)ruling this will cease immediately !!
4

Dancer,

Edinburgh 25/04/2008 11:04:49
#3
A bit of a contradiction. Could you not have judged the shops sale of Air Guns as not suitable until the Sheriff had overturned the Polices case? Are you not capable of forming your own opinion? Bet the money you spent on was on war related items. After giving your comment on Gorgie-Tony, is your life much better, sitting in your shared flat room planning war strategy? How sad a life. I have bought Air Guns from Wonderland and found the staff very helpful. I required ID and proof that the ID was mine. I also had to sign a register that is available to the Police. I have no problem with the guns being used in an appropriate manor by responsible people. Maybe the shop could do with a name change though.
5

Jam Tarts 1874,

On the Rebound 25/04/2008 16:27:45
Good news for Lee Wallace!

 

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