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This series brings together firearms guidance and application forms.
Licensing guidance, good practice on firearms law, and forms for applying for approvals under the law.
This guidance summarises the requirements, controls and sanctions that Border Force applies to firearms and offensive weapons when they are imported into the UK.
Guidance on approval of rifle and muzzle-loading pistol clubs and how clubs can apply for it.
Guidance on safe handling and storage of air guns and air rifles.
The firearms security handbook provides guidance on storing and transporting firearms.
Open and closed season for hunting, what you can use and the wildlife you can hunt
You need police approval if you want to possess an air gun in Northern Ireland
Guidance and additional measures relating to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2403.
Information on how to get firearms licensing, manage weapons for a shooting club or get a museum licence.
Product Safety Report for Think Kids ‘Build-A-Garden’ presenting a medium risk of injuries.
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