Brickbat: Double-Barreled Delay
(Kaspars Grinvalds | Dreamstime.com)
Shotgun owners in the United Kingdom face delays of a year or more for new firearm licenses due to a backlog in police processing. Applicants, including farmers and gamekeepers who rely on shotguns for their livelihoods, are frustrated by the slow pace, with some police forces struggling to handle the volume of applications. More than 1,000 gun owners have had to place their weapons in storage as they await approval.