Recommendation 100

However, in relation to specific incidents, Reverend Gordon Matheson told us that “[t]here are issues around the subsequent trauma that people have experienced and accessing counselling care for that”.238 This issue is compounded by the relative lack of policing and medical infrastructure which can respond to traumatic incidents. For example, Fraser Lamb, Firearms Licensing Adviser for the Scottish Association for Country Sports, stated that “people who stayed in the more rural communities… 234 British Association for Shooting and Conservation (FLR0015) 235 Scottish Association for Country Sports, Scottish Land and Estates, Scottish Target Shooting, The Gun Trade Association, The Scottish Countryside Alliance, and The Scottish Gamekeepers Association (FLR0009) 236 British Shooting Sports Council (FLR0010) 237 Q159 238 Q32 Firearms licensing regulations in Scotland 31 by definition do not see the police as often as you might in inner-city areas”239, while Reverend Gordon Matheson told us that “Skye has two ambulances, generally speaking one for the north end of Skye and one for the south end and Lochalsh”.240