Firearms Flashcards
When will it arise that a person has possession
When the object is either in their possession of under their control
When will it arise that a person has with them
When the object is readily accessible
Can it be said that a person has it with them when they have a firearm in a car boot parked nearby
Yes
Can it be said that a person has it with them when a firearm is in a car boot and the car is parked miles away
No
Is it possible for more than one person to be in possession of the same article
Yes - Knowledge
What is not a leathal barrelled weapon
A weapon that is not capable of itself discharging a shot or bullet.
If the weapon is only capable of discharging with the aid of tools extraneous to it.
Does filling a washing up liquid bottle with acid mean that you have made or adapted and article to be a leathelled barrelled weapon
No
In order to be a prohibited weapon, how long does the barrel and the total length have to be
Barrell less than 30cm - Total length less than 60 cm
Is an electric stun gun a prohibited weapon
Yes
Is a stun gun a prohibited weapon if it is not working
Yes
What is a component part
If the gun cannot work without that part - Then that is a component part
Is it an offence to be in possession of a silencer or anti-flash device for a firearm
Outright - If it has been made for that weapon
If it has not the prosecution will have to prove that it could be used with the weapon in their possession and that they had possession for that purpose.
In relation to an airsoft cun - What is the diameter that the plastic missile can not exceed
8mm
Can an airsoft gun legally fire metal ammunition
No
What is the permitted level of kinetic energy for an airsoft gun
Automatic 1.3 joules.
Single Shot 2.5 joules.
When does an airsoft gun become a firearm
If it exceeds 1.3 or 2.5 joules (automatic/single shot)
When does a firearm become a deactivated firearm
When it bears the mark of the secretary of state deactivated by an approved company and when the company has provided in writing that the work has been carried out.
What happens if a deactivated firearm is stripped into parts capable of being assembled to make a working firearm.
The deactivated firearm is not longer deactivated.
What is not an immitation firearm
Fingers in a jacket,
An empty bottle of washing up liquid filled with acid
Bottle of bleach
What does not constitute ammunition
Ammunition in an unassembled state - ie empty cartridge, components and ingredients.
Is an underwater spear gun especially dangerous?
No
what shotgun cartridges are illegal
Less than 5 shots or cartridges that the shot is bigger than 0.36 inch
What blanks are illegal
Blanks that are bigger than 1 inch in diameter
How do you have to sell an airweapon to a person who is not a registered firearms dealer
You have to transfer face to face
Does a registere firearms dealer have to transfer an air weapon face to face with another registered firearms dealer.
No
In relation to section 16 of the firearms act - is the intent to kill required.
No just the intent to endanger life.
Can the intention relate to endangering their own life (section 16 of the firearms act)
No
If I were in possession of a firearm but then intended to endanger the life of another with the use of a knife - Have i committed a Section 16 offence.
No
In relation to Section 16 of the firearms act can the intent to endanger life be conditional
Yes
In relation to Section 16 of the firearms act can this be committed with an immitation firearm
No
In rleation to possession of a firearm with the intent to endanger life can this be with the intent to endanger the life of someone outside the UK
Yes -
In relation to section 17 (2) a person commits and offence if at the time of the commission of the a certain type of offence or at the time of being arrested for that type of offence they have with them a firearm. What are the offences.
DART
Damage
Assault/abduction (not including Section 18)
Rape
Theft
What if the person who committed the DART offence was arrested sometime later at a shooting range lawfully using a firearm
No offence unless they used the firearm unlawfully whilst committing the offence
Does section 17 (2) include imitation firearms
Yes
In relation to section 17(2) does the suspect have to be convicted of the DART offence.
No
Under Section 12 of the firearms licensing act it is an offence to possess a loaded firearm whilst drunk. Where can this offence take place
Anywhere.
For the offence of trespassing with a firearm - Do you need to be in possession of the firearm when you enter
No
If a trespasser finds a firearm in a house and walks around the house with it do they committ the offence of trespassing with a firearm
Yes
It is an offence under section 19 of the firearms act if a person has with them in a public place either:
A loaded shotgun, a firearm whether loaded or unloaded and suitable ammunition. An immitation firearm a loaded air weapon or an unloaded air weapon.,
If a person is sentence to a license or order with a condition not to possess a weapon how long are they prohibited from possessing the weapon
For the duration of the order
If a person is sentenced from 3 months to 3 years how long are they prohibited from possessing the firearm
5 years
If a person is sentenced to 3 years or more how long are they prohibbited from possessing a firearm?
Life.
When does the prohibted period (firearms) run from
Date of release
Doe the prohibition to own a firearm relate to imitation firearms
No
A person under the age of 18 can not have an air weapon or ammunition for an air weapon unless..
They have a person who is at least 21 with them.
If a person under the age of 18 fires a weapon beyond a boundary they commit an offence. If they are with a person who is over 21 as a supervisor do they commit an offence
Yes
