Weapons and Firearms in UK Law
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Police Force! An Examination of the Use of Force, Firearms and Less-Lethal Weapons by British Police
Since the turn of the century the police use of firearms has become increasingly scrutinised by the press and public. To answer the increasing demands for better policing of firearms situations, th...
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A historical examination of police firearms
This study provides a historical examination of firearms in policing to understand how weapons have evolved within the American field. A search was conducted of historical newspaper databases and a...... ... This is often sufficient to overcome resistance.In the past 5 years, there has been an increased discussion of the weapons possessedby US police officers, often because of the equipment used by officers during large-scalepublic disorders. For example, the police response ... ...
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Testing the police model for the handling and use of firearms against non-police subjects
The use of firearms is an integral part of the police profession. The use of a gun, for example a standard firearm, imposes upon the user the need to know the relevant legal regulations (police aut...... ... , gives results, conclusions and recommendationsregarding the model for training police officers in the use of firearms (semi-automatic weapons). Students from three yeargroups at the Faculty of Security in Skopje (Former Police Academy) participated in the research. The results ... ...
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Arming the police in Britain
In 2010 Derrick Bird shot and killed 12 people, as well as injuring a further 11, in Cumbria. A legitimate question that arose after the tragedy was whether the outcome would have been different if...... ... of public protection? Derrick Bird was licensed topossess his firearms. Is a more proportionate response amendments to the existingweapons ... of thepublic from either a random shooting by owners of licensed weapons such as DerrickBird, or a terrorist attack by groups such as Islamic State ... ...
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Norwegian police students’ attitudes towards armament
Whether the police should routinely carry firearms is an ongoing debate in Norway. Although the police can carry weapons under special circumstances and currently are temporarily armed, the normal ...... ... Abstract Whether the police should routinely carry firearms is an ongoing debate in Norway. Although the police can carry ... asking, ‘Should the police always carry weapons while ... ...
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The Criminal Use of Firearms in New Zealand
Early In 1997 a survey was conducted on 51 New Zealand prison inmates who had been convicted of illegal possession of a firearm, aggravated robbery with a firearm and murder with a firearm. Respond...... ... ,andsemi-automaticandpump-actionshotguns, werebanned.Bytheendof1997,theAustraliangovernmenthadboughtbackanddestroyed 600,000 such weapons, at a cost tothestate of some$A300million. InBritain,theDunblanemassacre led to aHomeAffairsCommitteeinquiry and to ... ...
- Firearms Theft in New Zealand — Lessons for Crime and Injury Prevention
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Preliminary Sections
...FIREARMS LAW ... EIGHTH EDITION ... First published as The British Firearms Law ... Shooting Association and Honorary Solicitor to the Deactivated Weapons Association ... NICK DOHERTY, LLB of Lincoln’s Inn and the Inner ... ...
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Machetes and Firearms: The Organization of Massacres in Rwanda
This article is a quantitative study of the use of machetes and firearms during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, Kibuye Prefecture. The machete is an agricultural tool o...... ... genocide (location of atrocities, point in time during the genocide) determined the per-petrators use of modern rather than traditional weapons to kill individual victims. An original databasedeveloped by the organization of the survivors of the genocide (IBUKA) is used. The data were ... ...
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Firearms of historic interest
...Appendix I ... FIREARMS OF HISTORIC INTEREST ... Certain handguns, which would otherwise be treated as prohibited weapons, may be held under the authority of a conditional firearm certificate or a visitor’s firearm permit1if fulfilling certain conditions. One condition ... ...
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