A certificate holder convicted of a drink driving related offence is almost inevitably going to have their certificate revoked. In July 2013, we made a Freedom of Information Request to the Avon and Somerset Police in relation to revocation of shotgun certificates. From this, we learned that there had been only one occasion in the last two years when a shotgun certificate was not revoked following a conviction for drink driving or failing to provide a sample for analysis. According to Avon and Somerset Police, certificates were revoked in over 99% of cases.
We are confident that properly represented, many of those holders would have been successful on appeal.
