Imitation Firearms
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Chapter 9
Imitation Firearms
IMITATION FIREARMS
9.01 It is an offence under the FA 1968 to commit a number of criminal offences with an imitation firearm, such as committing indictable offences (e.g. robbery), or resisting arrest, and is punishable in the same way as if the offender had used a real firearm. Details of such offences can be found at para 15.37 et seq, para 15.71 et seq and para 15.93. Further, if an imitation firearm can be ‘readily converted’ to fire with lethal effect, possession of these is controlled in the same way as if they were real firearms of the same classification under the Firearms Acts.
9.02 Those reading this chapter because they are considering an item which has the appearance of a firearm may also wish to look at para 1.30, ‘Deactivated firearms’.
9.03 An imitation firearm is defined as: ‘any thing which has the appearance of being a firearm (other than such a weapon as is mentioned in section 5(1)(b) of this Act) whether or not it is capable of discharging any shot, bullet or other missile’.
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IMITATION FIREARMS WHICH ARE ‘READILY CONVERTIBLE’
9.04 Increasing concern about the use of imitation firearms for criminal purposes, and uncertainty about the extent to which the FA 1968 applied to them,
led to the passing in 1982 of a Firearms (Amendment) Act, which was brought into force on 1 November 1983. The expressed purpose of the Act is to apply (with some exceptions and qualifications) the provisions of the FA 1968 to imitation firearms if they fulfil certain conditions.
9.05 An imitation firearm is defined in the FA 1982, by reference to the FA 1968, to mean anything which has the appearance of being a section 1 firearm (whether or not it is capable of discharging any shot, bullet or other missile) other than a weapon designed or adapted for the discharge of any noxious liquid, gas or other thing.
9.06 There are two conditions, both of which must be fulfilled. First, that the imitation firearm shall have the appearance of being a section 1 firearm.
9.07 The second condition is that the imitation firearm shall be so constructed or adapted as to be ‘readily convertible’ into a section 1 firearm.
(a) it can be converted without any special skill on the part of the person converting it in the construction or adaptation of firearms of any description; and
(b) the work in converting it does not require equipment or tools other than such as are in common use by persons carrying out works of construction and maintenance in their own homes.
The Home Office explain that the equipment and tools referred to are taken to mean tools and equipment...
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- Contents
- Preface
- Table of Cases
- Table of Statutes
- Table of Statutory Instruments
- Table of European Material
- Table of Other Material
- List of Abbreviations
- General Definitions
- Prohibited Weapons and Ammunition
- The Licensing of Section 1 Firearms and Ammunition
- Shotguns and their Ammunition
- Refusal, Revocation and Appeal
- Police Permits
- Exports and Imports of Firearms: Visitors' Permits and European Firearms Passes
- Security of Firearms and Ammunition
- Imitation Firearms
- Shooting Game
- Poaching
- Protected Birds and Animals
- The Tenant's Right to Shoot
- Young People and Guns
- Criminal Offences Relating to Firearms: General Restrictions on Shooting and Carrying Guns
- Firearms Dealers
- Museum Firearms Licences
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