Home Office tightens law regarding antique firearms

New measures have been introduced by the Government to tighten the law around the ownership of antique firearms. The Home Office has announced that seven ammunition types will no longer be classified as an antique firearm. The move is intended to thwart the criminal use of such firearms, and will criminalise 26,000 guns unless the owners have a licence. The changes come under the Antique Firearms Regulations 2020, implemented by the Home Secretary under powers conferred by the Firearms Act 1968. David Frost, Sporting Gun’s legal expert, said: “Existing owners will be able to hold their guns on a firearm certificate without having to show good reason or having to obtain a Section 5 authority from the Home Office. Twenty-three centrefire calibres, all bar one of them rifles, will be…

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Sporting Gun (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2021

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