NCJ Number
177240
Date Published
1998
Length
22 pages
Annotation
This bulletin presents information and statistics on the issue of firearm and shotgun certificates under Britain's Firearms Acts 1968 to 1997.
Abstract
A total of 133,600 firearm certificates were on issue at the end of 1997, a decrease of 6 percent from the end of 1996. The firearms certificates on issue covered 305,000 firearms, a decrease of 27 percent from those covered in 1996. The reduction in firearms certificates on issue and firearms covered by them are the result of legislation that bans certain types of handguns. The number of shotgun certificates on issue at the end of 1997 was 623,100, 2 percent fewer than at the end of 1996. The shotgun certificates on issue covered 1,343,900 shotguns, 1 percent more than were covered in 1996. Two percent of applications for new firearms and shotgun certificates made during 1997 were refused, much the same as in 1996. The percentage of applications for renewal of firearm and shotgun certificates that were refused in 1997 were both less than half of 1 percent. The number of registered dealers in firearms was 2,400 at the end of 1997, 3 percent lower than in 1996. 13 tables