Firearms

Question 1

S16 possession with intent to endanger life

Answer 1

Possession
Firearm/Ammunition
Intend by means thereof to endanger life/enable another to endanger life

Question 2

S16A Possession with intent to cause fear of violence

Answer 2

Possession
Firearm/Imitation Firearm
Intent by means thereof to cause another to believe unlawful violence will be used against him or another

Question 3

S17 (2)Possession - arrested/committing schedule 1 offence

Answer 3

Possession
Firearm/imitation firearm
When committing or arrested for ACTOR

Question 4

ACTOR

Answer 4

A - Abduction (child abduction)
C - Criminal damage
T -Theft, Robbery, Burglary, Blackmail & TWOC
O - Offences against the person (s47, s20 and assault against police)
R - Rape (other sexual offences involving penetration)

Aiding and abetting are covered too.

Question 5

S18 - Have firearm with intent to commit indictable offence/resist arrest

Answer 5

Readily accessible
Firearm/Immitation Firearm
Intent to commit indictable offence or
resist arrest
or prevent arrest of another
arrest/detention can be unlawful

Question 6

S17 (1) - using firearm to resist arrest

Answer 6

Make or attempt to make any use
Firearm/imitation firearm (NOT component parts/silencers/flash eliminators)
Resist/prevent arrest
or detention of himself or another
Arrest must be lawful

Question 7

Two companies that can deactivate a firearm

Answer 7

Society of the Mystery of Gunmakers of the City of London
The Birmingham Proof House.

Question 8

Transfer of firearms

Answer 8

Holder of a certificate or permit who is involved in such a transfer (which includes lending a shotgun for a period of more than 72 hours)
shall within seven days of the transfer give notice to the chief officer of police who granted the certificate or permit

Question 9

Using Someone to Mind a Weapon

Answer 9

People escaped prosecution by entrusting their weapon to another person, in particular to a child.

Question 10

Trespassing with Firearms

Answer 10

Has with him
Firearm/imitation firearm

Question 11

Possession or Acquisition of Firearms by Convicted Persons

Answer 11

Any person who has been sentenced to:

custody for life; or

or prison for three years or more

must not, at any time, have a firearm or ammunition in his/her possession, i.e. a life-time ban.

Question 12

Supplying Firearm to Person Prohibited

Answer 12

It is an offence to supply a firearm to someone who has been sentenced to custody for list or been in prison for more than 3 years

Question 13

Firearm

Answer 13

With kinetic energy of more than one joule

Question 14

Air soft weapon - the permitted kinetic energy level

Answer 14

when a weapon is capable of discharging two or more missiles successively without repeated pressure on the trigger (an automatic weapon), 1.3 joules;

in any other case (a single shot variant), 2.5 joules.

Question 15

Offence of short shot gun

Answer 15

It is an offence to shorten to a length less than 24 inches the barrel of any smooth-bore gun