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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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