Lesson 1.1 - Firearms, Considerations and Explanations

Question 1

What are the 4 colours and their positions when searching a house?

Answer 1

• White (front)
• Red (right)
• Green (left)
• Black (back)

Question 2

What safety precautions should be taken when handling a gun?

Answer 2

• Always treat a weapon as being a genuine firearm (as opposed to an imitation) until you can prove otherwise
• Always treat a weapon as being loaded
• Avoid touching the trigger or dropping the weapon
• Always lay the weapon flat on the ground
• Never point a weapon loaded or otherwise, at any person

Question 3

What weapons are the public prohibited from owning?

Answer 3

• All firearms designed or adapted for continuous fire
• Most rifles which are capable of rapid fire
• Most shotguns capable of rapid fire whose overall size makes them easy to conceal on the person
• Any firearm, which is disguised as another object
• Any rocket launcher or other projecting apparatus for use with explosive rockets for military use
• Any air weapons that use the self-contained gas cartridge system, which are vulnerable to conversion. This section adds these weapons to section 5(1) of the firearms act 1986 making them prohibited weapons
• Any firearm which has a barrel length of less than 30 cm or an overall length of less than 60cm. This does not apply to most air weapons or “paintball guns”
• Any other weapons of any description designed or adapted to discharge noxious liquids, gasses or other things

Question 4

What are the 3 basic forms a modern sporting shotgun comes in?

Answer 4

• Single barrel pump or semi-automatic (3 cartridges, 2 in the magazine and 1 ready to fire)
• Double-barrel side-by-side
• Double-barrel over-and-under

Question 5

What are the 3 types of certificates that allow the ownership of a firearm?

Answer 5

• Firearms
• Shotgun
• Air weapon