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Where the Firearms Officer is able to confirm that the weapon is an imitation firearm, they should do so. They should also indicate how closely it resembles a real firearm, based on their own knowledge of firearms. It is also important to determine the circumstances surrounding the possession and use of an imitation weapon. The technical standards for deactivating firearms which are currently in force in the UK are set out in the Home Office guidance Deactivated​ firearms: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2403. It should be noted that the deactivation standards set out in the Regulation do not cover all categories of firearm. Other categories of firearm therefore continue to be subject to deactivation standards in accordance with " Specifications for the adaptation of shotgun magazines and the deactivation of firearms: revised 2010". Such weapons should not be considered as a "defectively deactivated firearm". The Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy provides an overarching framework for crimes identified as being primarily, but not exclusively, committed, by men against women within a context of power and control. Section 24ZA: it is an offence for a person in possession of an air weapon to fail to take reasonable precautions to prevent any person under the age of eighteen from having the weapon with them unless the exceptions under section 23 apply, subject to the defendant proving that they reasonably believed the other person to be over that age (for this particular section, the burden on the defendant is evidential rather than legal). The Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (Realistic Imitation Firearms) Regulations 2007 provide two further defences. The first is for the organisation and holding of airsoft skirmishing. This is defined by reference to ‘permitted activities’ and the defence applies only where third party liability insurance is held in respect of the activities. The second defence is for the purpose of display at arms fairs, defined in the regulations by reference to ‘permitted events’.

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Each weapon and component part should be photographed alongside a scale to indicate its dimensions. The timely provision of photographs may avoid the need for the weapon and the accompanying officer to come to court.

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Where an amnesty or surrender is in force, police officers seeking charging advice for possession of an unlawfully held or prohibited weapon should mark the file accordingly. Prosecutors cannot give an undertaking not to prosecute in these circumstances, but instead should consider each case on its merits. The phrase "substantial adverse effect on another’s usual day-to-day activities" is not defined in section 4A PHA 1997. The guidelines issued by the Home Office suggests some examples: Section 37 of the 2006 Act provides specific defences: this allows persons in the course of a trade or business to import realistic imitation firearms for the purpose of modifying them to make them non-realistic. It also provides various defences if the realistic imitation firearm was available for: Prosecutors should be aware of the possibility that some defence experts might argue that screwing in a flare cup is an act of conversion requiring specialist conversion, such that the Firearms Act does not apply. Prosecutors should be prepared to contest this arguing R v Bewley and obtaining further expert evidence, if necessary.The Firearms Officer should provide a full description of each item found, including measurements, where relevant. The length of the barrel of a firearm should be measured from the muzzle to the point at which the charge is exploded on firing (section 57(6) Firearms Act 1968). Measurements will be particularly relevant where: Section 28 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 creates an offence of using another person to mind a dangerous weapon: Prosecutors should note that section 16 offences can only be committed with a real firearm. Consideration should be given to an attempt where the defendant expresses a belief that the weapon was a real firearm. Section 5(1)(a): any firearm which is so designed or adapted so that two or more missiles can be successively discharged without repeated pressure on the trigger, e.g. machine guns, burst fire weapons; No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Somerset Live team.

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Where the weapon in question is not recovered, and thus its status remains unknown, it is not duplicitous to include the phrase "firearm or imitation firearm" in a count under sections 17 or 18 of the 1968 Act. There is a third possible response to threat, and that is the “freeze” response to danger. At face value, freezing when faced with a threat does not appear to be as obviously adaptive as the fight or flight response. Is freeze merely an extension of surprise? The nature of stalking or harassment, particularly where the victim has been followed or subjected to periods of observation, will usually mean that the suspect has spent significant periods of time in the vicinity of the victim's home, place of work or other places that the victim habitually visits. It is therefore important for investigators, liaising where appropriate with prosecutors, to consider if neighbours and other potential witnesses such as routine visitors to the area may have evidenced behaviour or the impact to the victim. Sources of evidence could include: For the purposes of this section the cases in which a dangerous weapon is to be regarded as available to a person for an unlawful purpose include any case where—Unlike with "Realistic Imitation Firearms", it is not always necessary to obtain evidence from the Forensic Service Provider (FSP) on whether the thing is an imitation firearm. Evidence of a Firearms Officer will usually be sufficient expert evidence. Realistic Imitation Firearms This offence only applies to the sale, gift or offer to sell / gift a defectively deactivated firearm. Accordingly, the possession of such weapons is not affected. Under section 8A(4), a "defectively deactivated weapon" means a firearm which has been rendered incapable of discharging any missile (and has therefore ceased to be a firearm or is a firearm only by virtue of the Firearms Act 1982 (readily convertible imitation firearms)), but in a way that does not meet the relevant technical specifications published by the Secretary of State for this purpose. Section 19 requires the shotgun to be loaded or for there to be possession of a firearm and suitable ammunition. Section 17(1): it is an offence for a person to use or attempt to use a firearm (other than a prohibited weapon or a relevant component part of a lethal barrelled weapon or a prohibited weapon) or imitation firearm with intent to resist or prevent the arrest of themself or another;

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The Firearms Act 1968 creates a number of offences relating to the possession of firearms or imitation firearms with particular intents or in particular circumstances: May be subject to a mandatory minimum sentence; where this applies, the maximum sentence is 10 years rather than 5 yearsSection 8A of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 creates an offence of unlawfully selling or gifting, or offering to sell or gift, a "defectively deactivated weapon" to another person in the UK​. where that person does so with intent to evade any such prohibition or restriction with respect to those goods. The court must consider whether the incidents give rise to a nexus sufficient for there to be a "course of conduct": Patel [2004] EWCA Crim 3284. The minimum term for defendants over 18 years at the time when the offence was committed is a custodial term of 5 years; for defendants under 18 years at the time the offence was committed, the term is 3 years: section 311(4) of the Sentencing Act 2020. However, where the mandatory minimum sentence applies to an offence under section 28 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006, the relevant age is the age when the offender was convicted rather than when the offence was committed: section 311(5). Section 126(4) to (7) of the 2017 Act and Regulation 3 of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (Commencement No.11 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2021 make transitional provisions for owners of firearms which ceased to be antique firearms consequence of the coming into force of section 126 of the Policing and Crime Act 2017. Offences