Should the government make people purchase the rod license PRIOR (before) they can purchase the rod incase they wish to use it for the purpose it was made for?
For firearms you need the certificate before you can purchase the gun...
When you buy a TV you are expected to have your "details" forwarded onto the BBC and TV licensing incase you take it home and plug it in.
If you intend on using roads you need to give ownership of your car to the dvla and be given the priviledge of becoming its registered keeper.
It might prevent ALL poaching or Tresspassing where a rod was the weapon of choice.
So with fishing rods only being useful for fishing, should the government make everyone who buys a fishing rod prove at the point of sale that they can prove they are licensed to use it or be made to purchase the license and perhaps give some account of what the intentions of using it are or perhaps where they intend to use it and for how long? Thus extending it to ALL fishing equipment over an extended period? (what else is a rod or hooks or the reel actually made for?)
Some shops can legally track your purchases using rfid technology and that is perfectly lawful in the UK so what could delay in having 100% revenue and crime deterant ??
The alternative could be to simply TAX fishing to improve it.
For firearms you need the certificate before you can purchase the gun...
When you buy a TV you are expected to have your "details" forwarded onto the BBC and TV licensing incase you take it home and plug it in.
If you intend on using roads you need to give ownership of your car to the dvla and be given the priviledge of becoming its registered keeper.
It might prevent ALL poaching or Tresspassing where a rod was the weapon of choice.
So with fishing rods only being useful for fishing, should the government make everyone who buys a fishing rod prove at the point of sale that they can prove they are licensed to use it or be made to purchase the license and perhaps give some account of what the intentions of using it are or perhaps where they intend to use it and for how long? Thus extending it to ALL fishing equipment over an extended period? (what else is a rod or hooks or the reel actually made for?)
Some shops can legally track your purchases using rfid technology and that is perfectly lawful in the UK so what could delay in having 100% revenue and crime deterant ??
The alternative could be to simply TAX fishing to improve it.
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