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Licensing guidance, good practice on firearms law, and forms for applying for approvals under the law.
Specifications for adapting shotgun magazines and deactivating firearms.
Open and closed season for hunting, what you can use and the wildlife you can hunt
The laws on selling, buying and carrying a knife or weapon depend on the type of knife or weapon, your age and your circumstances.
You need a firearm or shotgun certificate issued by the police to possess, buy or acquire a firearm or shotgun, and buy ammunition
This guidance summarises the requirements, controls and sanctions that Border Force applies to firearms and offensive weapons when they are imported into the UK.
This series brings together firearms guidance and application forms.
How to legally kill your own poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and hares to eat at home.
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.
Archive of statistics on firearm and shotgun certificates issued by police forces in England and Wales under the Firearms Acts 1968 to 1997.
Information on embargoes on West African States and how to apply for an export licence.
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