Posted on 06/08/2005 6:35:38 AM PDT by indcons
Plans to ban the manufacture, import and sale of most kinds of replica guns have been outlined by the government.
The measures are included in the Violent Crime Reduction Bill.
The bill proposes an increase in the age limit for buying knives from 16 to 18, and search powers for head teachers who suspect they are being carried.
Binge drinking-related disorder will also be addressed, with proposed plans such as suspending alcohol sales in bars that persistently sell to minors.
Higher sentences
The proposals are part of the government's attempts to restore "respect" in communities, town centres, and schools, which it says is among its top priorities.
Home Office minister Hazel Blears said: "There is an increasing public concern around relatively low-level crime and anti-social behaviour escalating to more serious offences because people are under the influence of alcohol or carrying weapons."
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Thank you for your sympathy indcons :) We really do have a paranoid police force. If you go into your search engine and type in Kimar website and go to the f.a.q page you will see that these blank firing guns cannot be converted due to the way they are manufactured, nor can they fire live ammo.
Kimar is the Italian manufacturer of replica guns as the Glocks.
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