How to acquire a firearm?

Our existence in such State of Affairs with hoodlums all around us with Kalashnakov etc, we better write off the licencing procedure from the statue, and make it free for all citizen with rights to possess certain Arms for self defence. Licencing procedure is so stringent in the Country that an innocent citizen finds it very hard to get a licence.

As an illustration? Your Father or your kith and kin are so influential person in the State, you will be harras by those hoodlums with all the sophisticated Arms and Weapons and they may attack you any times.Police protection can be there, but you can not live with Police inside your hoyuse all the time and at time you can not even trust the Poliice protecting you. In such a situation, what can you do? This exactly happen in the case of Sanjay Dutt's case, by no means I am commenting in his case, but such situations prevails in many parts of our Country. Considering all these aspects, a line has to be drawn regarding arming the citizen with rigths to possess certain arms without licence.

1. An application for the grant of license shall be made to the licensing authority and shall be in such form, contain such particulars and be accompanied by such fee, if any, as may be prescribed.
2. On receipt of an application, the licensing authority shall call for the report of the Officer in charge of the nearest police station on that application, and such Officer shall send his report within the prescribed time.
3. The Licensing Authority, after such inquiry, if any, as it may consider necessary, and after considering the report received as mentioned above, shall subject to the provisions of the Act, by order in writing either grant the license or refuse to grant the same.
4. However where the Officer in charge of the nearest police station does not send his report on the application within the prescribed time, the licensing authority may, if it deems fit, make such order, after the expiry of the prescribed time, without waiting for that report.
5. The Licensing Authority shall grant-

1. A license where the license is required-

1. By a citizen of India in respect of a smooth bore gun having a barrel of not less than twenty inches in length to be used for protection or sport or in respect of a muzzle-loading gun to be used for bona fide crop protection.
2. In respect of a point 22 bore rifle or an air rifle to be used for target practice by a member of a rifle club or rifle association licensed by the Central Government.

2. A license, if the license authority is satisfied that the person by whom the license is required has a good reason for obtaining the same.