Written question asked by Chris Williamson (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 July 2013, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 2 September 2013. It was answered by Damian Green (Conservative) on Monday, 2 September 2013 on behalf of the Home Office.
Firearms: Licensing
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effect on public safety of (a) banning the private storage of firearms in domestic dwellings, (b) undertaking annual mental health checks on firearms certificate holders and (c) creating a publicly-available register of individuals with access to firearms; and if she will make a statement.
- Answer
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Firearms control in the UK is among the toughest in the world. This shows clearly that gun crime will not be tolerated by this Government nor wider society.
The Home Affairs Committee in its report on firearms control, published in December 2010, concluded that the storage of weapons at central locations would not reduce the risk of theft. The Committee also considered that annual health checks on certificate holders would be both resource intensive and disproportionate. The Government supports these conclusions.
Our assessment is that a publically-available register of those with access to firearms would compromise public safety and could lead to the theft of legally held weapons.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 166422; 567 c27W
- Session
- 2013-14
- Subjects
- Licensing Firearms
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- 2013-11-29 11:18:38 +0000
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