Lesson Learned from Scotland: Yes, the Left wants to take your guns away. They will never cease wanting to take your guns away. To Leftists private gun ownership is nothing but a dangerous nuisance. Guns laws will never be restrictive enough to suit the Left until all private gun ownership is outlawed. So now the Left is going after the air guns in Scotland. First restrictive licensing which will eventually lead to an outright ban. That has been the gradual progression for every other type of gun in the UK over the last 110 years.
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During the three week amnesty by Police Scotland officers were handed 11,569 weapons, with a further 1,300 surrendered after the official closing of the amnesty on June 12.
Shotguns, second World War pistols and crossbows among haul of 13,000 weapons handed in during three-week amnesty across Scotland
By Rachel Watson For The Scottish Daily Mail
Mail Online | 2016-06-22T01:45:25+0100
· Campaign to get airguns off the streets resulted in a massive response
· Thousands of rifles, pistols, crossbows and other weapons handed in
From July 1 owners of air weapons can start applying for a licence
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More than 11,500 weapons were handed in to police following a three-week campaign to get airguns off the streets.
Thousands of rifles and pistols along with crossbows and other unique weapons are among the haul, which has filled an entire police storage unit.
During the three week amnesty by Police Scotland officers were handed 11,569 weapons, with a further 1,300 surrendered after the official closing of the amnesty on June 12.
From July 1 owners of air weapons can start applying for a licence, with the new law coming into force on 31 December.
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More than 11,500 weapons were handed in to police following a three-week campaign to get airguns off the streets. Thousands of rifles and pistols along with crossbows and other unique weapons are among the haul, which has filled an entire police storage unit
This will make it a criminal offence to have an air weapon without a licence or a permit.
Anyone found guilty of the new offence could be fined or face up to two years in prison.
The Scottish Government had pledged to introduce the scheme following the death of Glasgow toddler Andrew Morton, who was killed by an airgun in 2005.
Mark Bonini was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of murdering the two-year-old, who died after being struck in the head by an air gun pellet.
So far the force and the Scottish Government have hailed the scheme a success, with thousands of potentially deadly weapons now off the streets.
The weapons have been handed in to officers at 72 police stations across Scotland. The mountain of an array of weapons are now being held at the force headquarters in Dalmarnock, Glasgow.
Yesterday Chief Constable Phil Gormley revealed the true extent of the haul, when he was photographed surrounded by 9000 of the weapons which have been handed in alongside colleague Sergeant Alex Ulivi.
After being tagged and catalogued the weapons will be destroyed.
He also warned those wishing to surrender their weapons to do so during the day and make sure they were hidden from the view of other members of the public.
Chief Constable Phil Gormley said: ‘This is a fantastic response. Every weapon handed in had the potential to cause serious harm within our communities if misused, and to have more than 11,000 fewer weapons in existence has made Scotland a safer place.
Toddler Andrew Morton (left) died after being shot in the head with an airgun pellet near his home in the Easterhouse area of Glasgow in 2005. Mark Bonini was sentenced to life in prison. Since Andrew’s death his parents Sharon McMillan and Andy Morton have been campaigning for a ban on air weapons
‘I am pleased to say our officers are still able to accept unwanted air weapons, and would ask those responsible members of the public who no longer wish to keep a weapon, or to apply for a licence to do so, preferably in daylight hours, covered and in a way which does not alarm other people.
‘All of these guns, and an assortment of other harmful weapons including crossbows, shotguns, rifles and several pistols dating back to World War 2, will now be taken away and destroyed to ensure they are off our streets forever.’
Toddler Andrew Morton died after being shot in the head with an airgun pellet near his home in the Easterhouse area of Glasgow in 2005.
The youngster was being carried by his older brother Brian at the time, who said he heard a ‘pop’ before seeing blood coming from Andrew’s head.
Mark Bonini was sentenced to life in prison. Since Andrew’s death his parents Sharon McMillan and Andy Morton have been campaigning for a ban on air weapons.
More rural areas such as Aberdeenshire and and the Highlands handed over the most with 1,562 and 1,287 arriving from each area respectively.
Some 1,020 handed over in Glasgow and a further 616 were surrendered in Edinburgh.
It has been estimated there could be up to 500,000 airguns in Scotland, with the weapons used in 182 crimes in 2013/14 - about half of all firearms offences.
Earlier this year an investigation was launched after two teenage boys were injured in an air gun attack in Hawick, Roxburghshire. A 17-year-old was struck on the body, while an 18-year-old sustained a leg injury after being hit with pellets.
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