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A Coast Guard of­fi­cer from St Joseph has been grant­ed per­mis­sion to sue the Of­fice of the Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er over a decade-long de­lay in de­cid­ing his firearm user’s li­cence (FUL) ap­pli­ca­tion.

On Tues­day, High Court Judge Karen Reid grant­ed the of­fi­cer, whose name was with­held due to per­son­al safe­ty con­cerns, leave to pur­sue his ju­di­cial re­view law­suit over the de­lay.

Ac­cord­ing to his court fil­ings, ob­tained by Guardian Me­dia, the of­fi­cer first ap­plied for an FUL in 2015.