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Table 3
Firearm certificates : Number of firearms possessed on certificate and firearms authorised to be purchased or acquired on certificate in force at the end of the year by type of weapon, 2007 (1)
Scotland
Number
Firearms on
certificate | Type of weapon | Total (5) |
|---|
Section 1
shot gun | Rifle | Handgun (2) | Carbine | Muzzleloader | Air weapon (3) | Miscellaneous (4) |
|---|
Under
lever | Bolt
action | Rifle | Handgun | Rifle | Handgun |
|---|
Possessed | 1,710 | 43,306 | 510 | 141 | 15 | 196 | 476 | 249 | 309 | 5,301 | 66,893 |
|---|
Authorised to be purchased / acquired | 202 | 4,996 | 61 | 5 | - | 48 | 125 | 91 | - | 1,109 | 8,157 |
|---|
Total | 1,912 | 48,302 | 571 | 146 | 15 | 244 | 601 | 340 | 309 | 6,410 | 75,050 |
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(1) See Note 9 of Annex
(2) 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.
(3) See Note 4 of Annex
(4) Includes weapons such as section 5 firearms, tranquillising rifles etc.
(5) Scotland Total does not match the sum of weapon types as, due to the computer system used, Tayside police could not provide a breakdown by type of weapon. However, Tayside's total figures for firearms possessed (14,680) and authorised to be purchased/acquired (1,520) are included in the Scottish totals shown above.
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