UKShooter,
Thanks for the insight into foreign countries- I always wonder what the laws are elsewhere. To be honest, the news media here has left most people thinking UK citizens have no guns at all, and all were turned in. Glad this is not the case.
What are the laws regarding where you can fire it, and can you keep it at home, or does it have to be stored at a range?
I live in Mass, one of the tougher states in terms of gun laws, but we can still get semi auto AK's, AR's, etc... and big mags.
Renewal is an easy or tough process every 5 years depending what town you live in, as some towns the police chief is sympathetic to gun owners and renew no questions asked, in others you have to go so far as to get a letter from a doctor stating you are sane every 5 years when you renew- very humiliating. When transporting a gun, it has to have a trigger lock on it, be unloaded, and ammo stored in a separate container.