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Disguised or dual-purpose? The Law around stun guns and …
Disguised Firearms. Section 5 of the Firearms Act 1968 states: “ (1) A person commits an offence if, without the authority of the Defence Council he has in his possession, or purchases or acquires, or manufactures, sells or transfers-.
Minimum sentence for disguised firearm avoided Nottingham solicitor advocate Jon Hullis. Nottingham solicitor advocate Jon Hullis recently represented a client who was facing a prison sentence for a minimum of 5 years for possession of a disguised firearm. It was alleged that he was in possession of a stun gun or taser disguised as a torch.
Disguised Firearms Section 5(1A)(a) of the Firearms Act 1968 sets down a minimum sentence of 5 years imprisonment for possession of a firearm disguised as another object. Relatively recently this has been taken as including stun guns which look like other objects, however such a policy does not appear to be applied uniformly across the UK and does not take into account the potential for design evolution.
This is more serious as a person convicted of possession of a disguised firearm faces a minimum five year prison sentence. It does not matter if the person has no previous convictions and the usual rules for a reduction in sentence for a guilty plea do not apply.
12/9/2020 · A Preston man was found in a taxi with a disguised gun and a knife days before he stole two cars worth $245,000. Christopher Michael fronted Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, December 8, pleading guilty to charges including being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm and possessing a loaded firearm in a public place.
5 Weapons subject to general prohibition. (1) A person commits an offence if, [ F1 without authority], he has in his possession, or purchases or acquires F2…— [ F3 (a) any firearm which is so…
A person is guilty of criminal possession of a firearm when he or she: (1) possesses any firearm or; (2) lawfully possesses a firearm prior to the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand thirteen which added this section subject to the registration requirements of subdivision sixteen-a of section 400.00 of this chapter and knowingly fails to register such firearm pursuant to such subdivision.
The original Directive No. 91/477/EC was adopted in 1991 on the background of abolition of intra-Community frontiers. It aimed at partial approximation of national legislation that would prevent passing possession of firearms from one member state to another, unless it …
