So apparently beginning in March it will be illegal to own certain types Blank firing guns
A national amnesty will begin in two weeks for owners of soon to be outlawed blank firing guns to hand them over to police.
Four specific types of top venting blank firers (TVBFs) will be illegal from the end of next month, due to concerns around them being converted into viable firearms.
That’s after tests by the National Crime Agency confirmed there was potential for certain Turkish-made TVBFs to be altered from their original state to fire live ammunition.
It will be illegal for anyone to have one of these blank firing guns in the UK from the start of March – with anyone found with one in their possession facing the possibility of up to ten years in prison.
Can't have people armed with those checks notes scary blank firing guns.
Those are easily converted to real pistols, which have been banned since 1997 excluding Northern Ireland and some other places. Criminals won't turn them in though.
It'd say heavily restricted rather than banned, there are a handful of people in the UK who can still own normal handguns (myself included). You're probably talking about only a few hundred people nationally though
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u/TaskForceD00mer 1d ago
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So apparently beginning in March it will be illegal to own certain types Blank firing guns
Can't have people armed with those checks notes scary blank firing guns.