Written Question·Home Office·UIN 38942
Handguns
Tabled: 18 March 2025
Answered: 26 March 2025
Question
Sir John Hayes
Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent blank guns being converted to weapons which can fire live rounds.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonThe Government keeps firearms legislation under close review to ensure that the law responds to threats to public safety posed by firearms including converted blank firing firearms.Blank firing guns are, generally speaking, regarded as imitation firearms ...
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