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You need a firearm certificate from the PSNI to own or possess firearms or ammunition in Northern Ireland
This guide presents additional explanation on firearm and shotgun certificate statistics.
Details of certificates issued by police forces under the Firearms Acts 1968 to 1997.
Statistics on firearm and shotgun certificates issued by police forces in England and Wales under the Firearms Acts 1968 to 1997.
Statistics on firearm and shotgun certificates issued by police forces in England and Wales under the Firearms Act 1968 (as amended).
Specifications for adapting shotgun magazines and deactivating firearms.
Numbers of firearms certificates issued in England and Wales from 2009 to 2010.
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