From February 2011, The Crime and Security Act 2010 made it an offence for a person in possession of an air gun to fail to take “reasonable precautions” to prevent someone under the age of 18 from gaining unauthorised access to it. For full details see our airgunning pages.
Gareth Dockerty discusses the legal support available to BASC members to contest firearms cases.
If you have been issued with a backdated firearms or shotgun certificate following a delay in your renewal, we'd like to hear from you.
The Firearms Act 2023, which was passed to become law in September 2023, aims to combat the illegal manufacture of Section 1 ammunition.
