Responding to figures showing that the Metropolitan Police spent £3 million more in processing gun licence applications than they received in fees, Caroline Pidgeon commented:
"When there are so many pressures on police resources it is indefensible that the Met should be subsidising gun owners by millions of pounds every year.
"The full cost of carrying out vital checks before the issuing of gun licences should be paid for entirely by gun owners themselves.
"I hope [Boris Johnson] will now join me in persuading the prime minster to make this much needed change.”
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