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Guidance on safe handling and storage of air guns and air rifles.
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.
Open and closed season for hunting, what you can use and the wildlife you can hunt
This guidance summarises the requirements, controls and sanctions that Border Force applies to firearms and offensive weapons when they are imported into the UK.
Licensing guidance, good practice on firearms law, and forms for applying for approvals under the law.
Product Safety Report for KKTect Hot Air Gun presenting a high risk of fire and electric shock.
Product Safety Report for Dayplus Hot Air Gun presenting a high risk of fire.
Product Safety Report for Long Wei hot air gun presenting a serious risk of electric shock.
You need police approval if you want to possess an air gun in Northern Ireland
Notification of extended operating hours and low flying activities for UK air weapons ranges: Donna Nook, Holbeach, Pembrey Sands, Tain and Cape Wrath.
Product Recall for Vevor Portable Air Compressor presenting a serious risk of electric shock as the product failed earth bond and creepage and clearance so there is inadequate protection against live parts.
A military laser which could boost the UK Armed Forces with greater accuracy while reducing the reliance on high-cost ammunition has reached its next milestone.
Hand luggage restrictions at UK airports - carry-on luggage, checked-in baggage, restricted items and liquids, electronic devices carried from Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt and Saudi Arabia
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