Table 3. Firearm certificates : Number of firearms possessed on certificate and firearms authorised to be purchased or acquired on certificate in force in Scotland at the end of the year by type of weapon, 2009 (1)
Number
Firearms on certificate | Type of weapon, where known | Weapons in Tayside police force area (6) | Total |
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Section 1 (2) shot gun | Rifle | Handgun (3) | Carbine | Muzzleloader | Air weapon (4) | Miscellaneous (5) |
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Under lever | Bolt action | Rifle | Handgun | Rifle | Handgun |
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Possessed | 1,795 | 45,254 | 566 | 261 | 11 | 171 | 478 | 283 | 204 | 5,589 | 16,244 | 70,856 |
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Authorised to be purchased/aquired | 254 | 5,088 | 72 | 12 | 1 | 42 | 113 | 84 | - | 1,119 | 1,817 | 8,602 |
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Total | 2,049 | 50,342 | 638 | 273 | 12 | 213 | 591 | 367 | 204 | 6,708 | 18,061 | 79,458 |
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(1) See Annex Note 10
(2) Any smooth-bore gun which has a barrel of less than 24 inches in length or 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 Note 5
(5) Includes weapons such as prohibited weapons referred to by Section 5 of Firearms Act 1968 (as amended), tranquillising rifles etc.
(6) Due to the computer system used, Tayside police could not provide a breakdown by type of weapon.