AIR GUN owners are being reminded that applications for a firearms certificate must be in by October 31 if they want to keep their guns until it is granted.
New legislation will make it a criminal offence to have an air weapon without a licence or permit and could see perpetrators fined or face up to two years in prison.
Cabinet Secretary for Justice Michael Matheson said: ‘I’d like to remind anyone who owns an air weapon, regardless of whether or not they use it, to apply to Police Scotland for a licence straight away.