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Controls on Firearms

Controls on Firearms: A Consultation paper, issued on 12 May, is the first step in a comprehensive review of firearms controls in Great Britain. We want an open and wide-ranging debate, in advance of deciding what action might need to be taken.

The aim of the review is to produce a modern and readily enforceable regulatory framework focused on public safety, balancing the needs of the wider community with those that both enforce the law and possess and use guns legally. We already have some of the toughest firearms controls in the world and the review is also an opportunity to ensure that our regulatory system does not allow guns to get into the wrong hands.

The Controls on Firearms consultation is open until 31 August 2004.

 

Date: Mon May 10 16:56:07 BST 2004

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