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This guidance summarises the requirements, controls and sanctions that Border Force applies to firearms and offensive weapons when they are imported into the UK.
British troops will soon be more lethal on the battlefield, as a new £90 million contract delivers modern, high precision rifles.
Export bar placed on Tipu Sultan of Mysore’s Flintlock Sporting Gun to allow time for a UK institution or buyer to acquire it
We are seeking views on enhanced security for particularly powerful rifles, introducing licensing controls on miniature rifle ranges, and tougher controls on ammunition.
Three gang members who bought a gun intending to use it in a dispute against rival criminals have had their sentences increased.
Defence Secretary, Grant Shapps, delivered a speech at Lancaster House in London
Baroness Goldie's speech at the 25th Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention in The Hague.
The permanent 5 members of the UN Security Council have released a joint statement reaffirming their commitment to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Prime Minister Theresa May gives a statement on Syria.
The Foreign Secretary has made a statement to Parliament on the provision of chemical weapons protective equipment to the Syrian Opposition.
An Afghan National Army (ANA) unit has seized machine guns and ammunition shells after overpowering their opponents in an ambush.
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