Home Affairs - Second Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 6 April 2000.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
REPORT
INTRODUCTION
Previous inquiries
and legislation
This inquiry
PRINCIPLES OF FIREARMS
CONTROL
Firearms and public safety
Dangers posed by firearms
Evidence of misuse
The relationship between
legally and illegally held firearms
"Gun culture"
Essential principles
THE STRUCTURE OF FIREARMS
LICENSING
"Section 1 controls":
the firearm certificate
"Section 2 controls":
the shotgun certificate
Low-powered air weapons
Proposals for reform
Licensing the person
Licensing the firearm
A reformed licensing
structure
MISUSE OF SECTION 1 FIREARMS
Carbines and gallery
rifles
Muzzle-loading pistols
Long-barrelled pistols
Other firearms
THE FIREARMS (AMENDMENT)
ACTS 1997
AIR WEAPONS
Classification of air
weapons
Evidence of misuse
Measures to combat abuse
Age limits
Enforcement of existing
legislation
Licensing low-powered
air weapons
IMITATION AND DEACTIVATED
FIREARMS
Reactivations
Replica weapons
AGE LIMITS
Unsupervised use
Ownership
ADMINISTERING THE LICENSING
OF FIREARMS
Police-led administration
The National Firearm
Certificate Register
Renewals
Fees
THE FIREARMS CONSULTATIVE
COMMITTEE
THE WAY FORWARD
Anomalies
Consolidation
Developing a new system
ABBREVIATIONS USED IN
THE REPORT
SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS
AND RECOMMENDATIONS
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE
RELATING TO THE REPORT
LIST OF WITNESSES
LIST OF APPENDICES TO
THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
LIST OF UNPRINTED MEMORANDA
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 95-II)
APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 95-II)
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