Firearm Certificate Statistics, Scotland, 2011

Firearm Certificate Statistics, Scotland, 2011


Table 3. Firearm Certificates: number of firearms possessed on certificate and number of additional firearms authorised to be purchased or acquired on certificate, Scotland, 31 December 2011

Number

Type of Weapon Weapons in Tayside Police6 Total
Section 1 Shotgun2 Rifle Handgun3 Carbine Muzzleloader Air weapon4 Miscellaneous5
Under Lever Bolt Action Rifle Handgun Rifle Handgun
Possessed1 1,746 45,412 621 180 11 172 493 309 181 5,426 17,309 71,860
Authorised to be purchased/acquired 293 5,027 58 6 4 40 143 105 - 1,276 2,105 9,057
Total 2,039 50,439 679 186 15 212 636 414 181 6,702 19,414 80,917

1. See Annex 5.9 and Annex 5.10.
2. Any smooth-bore gun which has a barrel of less than 24 inches in length, has a magazine which takes more than two cartridges or has a removable magazine.
3. Includes those weapons which were exempt from the Firearms (Amendment)(No 2) Act 1997, e.g. single shot humane killers, shot pistols, grade 1 starters, trophies of war, antique firearms and 'handguns' used by the SSPCA.
4. See Annex 5.17.
5. Includes weapons such as Section 5 firearms, tranquillising rifles, etc.
6. See Annex 5.7.

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