Official Information Act (OIA) responses that may be of interest to the wider firearms community.
Licensing processes
Guidance documents
- 2024 January - Guidance Documents - IR012339875 - Part 1
- 2024 January - Guidance Documents - IR012339875 - Part 2a
- 2024 January - Guidance Documents - IR012339875 - Part 2b
- 2024 January - Guidance Documents - IR012339875 - Part 2c
Fit and proper status
- 2025 August - Fit and Proper - IR012528978
- 2025 June - Guidance Documents - IR012515242
- 2025 May - Guidance Documents - IR012515239
- 2025 February - Fit and Proper - IR01252187
- 2025 January - Pistol endorsement holders, failure to meet obligations-IR012442316.pdf
- 2024 December - Offending by endorsement holders, 1984 to 2024-IR012437073.pdf
- 2024 November - firearms licences and sovereign citizens-IR012436910.pdf
- 2024 March - Fit and proper status - IR01245679
Licence refusals
Licence suspensions and revocations
- 2024 August - Suspensions and revocations - IR012424132
- 2024 May - Licence revocations - IR012414407
- 2024 April - Licence revocations - IR01249097
- 2024 April - Licence revocations - IR01248056
Surrender of firearms
Training
Data
Permits and endorsements
Firearms importations
P Category (Pest Control) Endorsement
Seizures and thefts
2024 firearms reforms
Regulator / firearms system
Responsibilities and accountabilities
Staffing and costs
- 2025 December - Firearms Statistics - IR012538690
- 2025 October - Guidance Documents - IR012533748
- 2025 July - Firearms Statistics - IR012519453
- 2025 June - Firearms Statistics - IR012516464
- 2025 June - Firearms Statistics - IR012519160
- 2025 April - Firearms Statistics - IR01256426
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Data
Firearms Registry
Shooting clubs and shooting ranges
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12 March 2026
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