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Guidance on safe handling and storage of air guns and air rifles.
This guidance summarises the requirements, controls and sanctions that Border Force applies to firearms and offensive weapons when they are imported into the UK.
You need police approval if you want to possess an air gun in Northern Ireland
The firearms security handbook provides guidance on storing and transporting firearms.
Guidance for businesses and individuals on what licence and supporting documentation you need to export firearms, ammunition and related equipment.
Open and closed season for hunting, what you can use and the wildlife you can hunt
Licensing guidance, good practice on firearms law, and forms for applying for approvals under the law.
Product Safety Report for Yijalong soft bullet air gun presenting a serious risk of asphyxiation due to the noncompliant shape of the foam bullets which can lodge in the throat.
This series brings together firearms guidance and application forms.
Product Safety Report for KKTect Hot Air Gun presenting a high risk of fire and electric shock.
The steps you can take to tackle an intruder or burglar in your own home - and what force you can use to defend yourself
Licence for the transit of sporting guns through the UK.
Specifications for adapting shotgun magazines and deactivating firearms.
Frequently asked questions on the communities against guns, gangs, and knives fund.
Product recall for JJKTN Mini Toothpick Gun presenting serious risks of injury to sight
Dstl ensures the UK armed forces have the required weapons capability through research, development and demonstration of advances in science and technology.
Controls under the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004, prohibited weapons, applications for removal of prohibition and making an appeal.
Product Safety Report for Long Wei hot air gun presenting a serious risk of electric shock.
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