A four-week firearms amnesty for a specific type of weapon has begun in West Yorkshire. Police have urged anyone in ...

Merseyside Police said: "A lot of firearms in Merseyside that start off being one item are converted into something else" ...

An amnesty has been announced for owners of four types of Turkish-made blank firing guns that can be easily converted to fire ...

A national amnesty will take place in February for owners of soon to be outlawed blank firing guns, which are popular with ...

Lancashire Police are supporting a national four-week amnesty for Turkish-made blank firing guns that could be converted into a live firearm. Turkish manufactured top-venting blank firers (TVBFs ...

What is a Turkish Top Venting Blank Firer (TVBF)? TVBFs are blank firing guns that have a fully blocked barrel and are designed to discharge only blank cartridges. They are often brightly coloured, ...

From March 2025, it will be a criminal offence to own one of these blank-firing guns, with anyone found in possession facing prosecution and a prison sentence of up to ten years. It is hoped the ...

An amnesty has been announced for owners of four types of Turkish-made blank firing guns that can be easily converted to fire live ammunition. Tests by the National Crime Agency (NCA) found top ...

The month-long surrender programme, starting Monday, targets "top-venting blank firers" (TVBFs) after more than 800 were recovered in criminal circumstances across the UK since 2021. A converted ...

The shooting Tuesday at the Siam Paragon mall in the Thai capital has highlighted a gray area of the gun trade: the sale of handguns originally manufactured to shoot blanks but which can be ...

a starter gun, a blank gun, a fake gun. It's used in pop movies and music videos." Describing Ephron as "a criminal and a perjurer," Tacopina said seven police officers searched the scene of the ...

elevating a significant question about the Second Amendment’s reach in the wake of recent major Supreme Court rulings on gun rights. It is the latest major ruling against an age-based firearm ...