John Morton Murray

It would seem sensible for the practice to be extended to other shooting establishments and I so recommend. (How that is achieved is for consideration by others, although one possibility may be to write it into the conditions contained in in section 11(6) authorisations.) [98] I have also determined that it would have been a reasonable precaution for Cluny Clays to have asked Mr Murray to provide the name of a referee and to have inquired of that person whether there was any reason why Mr Murray should not be allowed access to a gun.

Further, the advantage of the referee system over a database is that it gives at least some prospect of identifying persons who should not be allowed to shoot but who have never applied for or held a shot gun certificate (and who therefore would not appear on a database of refusals or revocations.) Again, I recommend that the practice should be extended to other shooting establishments.

One improvement which should be made to the system currently operated by Cluny Clays is that the visitor should, in all cases, be asked to prove his identity by producing a passport, driving certificate or similar along with vouching of his address; and a record should be kept that this has been done.

I therefore recommend that henceforth the police make such a check of the GP in all cases, before either granting or renewing a certificate.

I recommend that the layout be changed so that the car park cannot be reached other than by passing reception (which is, and should be, permanently staffed).