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Guns
- Thread starter Corleone
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Samcro said:
They are. So are knives.
Which weapons are illegal in the UK?
Knives
It's illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to buy a knife. Flick knives, butterfly knives and disguised knives (hidden in a belt or mobile phone etc) are illegal to everyone. Swiss Army knives are allowed, so long as the blade is under 7.62cm, however if any knife is used in a threatening way it becomes an offensive weapon. It's an offence to carry a knife in public, and you can face a penalty of two year's imprisonment and a £5,000 fine for doing so. If you're caught with a knife at school you could be sentenced to four years in jail.
Guns
You need to have a licence to own a gun and there are strict restrictions on getting one, such as proving you'll only be using it to kill vermin, or it's an antique-type gun. You also have to get two people to tell the police that you're responsible enough to own a gun.
Airguns
These come under different laws from guns that use bullets. People aged under 18 aren't allowed to buy guns or ammunition. If you are under 18 you can use an airgun at a registered gun club or if someone over the age of 21 is responsible for you. If you're over the age of 17 you can buy guns and ammunition as long as the gun is under the UK legal limit of 12ft.lbs muzzle energy for rifles and 6ft.lbs muzzle energy for pistols. Guns over that limit need a fire arms certificate before they can be owned.
Site Link: http://www.thesite.org/homelawandmoney/law/weaponscrime/weaponsandthelaw
Knives
It's illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to buy a knife. Flick knives, butterfly knives and disguised knives (hidden in a belt or mobile phone etc) are illegal to everyone. Swiss Army knives are allowed, so long as the blade is under 7.62cm, however if any knife is used in a threatening way it becomes an offensive weapon. It's an offence to carry a knife in public, and you can face a penalty of two year's imprisonment and a £5,000 fine for doing so. If you're caught with a knife at school you could be sentenced to four years in jail.
Guns
You need to have a licence to own a gun and there are strict restrictions on getting one, such as proving you'll only be using it to kill vermin, or it's an antique-type gun. You also have to get two people to tell the police that you're responsible enough to own a gun.
Airguns
These come under different laws from guns that use bullets. People aged under 18 aren't allowed to buy guns or ammunition. If you are under 18 you can use an airgun at a registered gun club or if someone over the age of 21 is responsible for you. If you're over the age of 17 you can buy guns and ammunition as long as the gun is under the UK legal limit of 12ft.lbs muzzle energy for rifles and 6ft.lbs muzzle energy for pistols. Guns over that limit need a fire arms certificate before they can be owned.
Site Link: http://www.thesite.org/homelawandmoney/law/weaponscrime/weaponsandthelaw
well i have used a few high powered air rifles what are over '12' in velocity what required a licence so they are powerful and fun to use at target practice in the comfort of your own home, but a real gun.. no but id like to.
Jazzy said:What were you aiming at for target practice in your own home?
well i had a big loft with a load of space .. so i set up targets around the room, it was just when i did not have time to go to the a proper shooting range, don't worry i was not shooting at my mother for slacking in the household, haha!
There was fox hunting but that was banned. There is hunting of game birds when they are in season, but other than that there's no other huntin'.
