Gun amnesty update

The national amnesty to hand in Turkish-made blank firing guns has seen outlawed models handed into Lincolnshire Police.

These guns can be easily converted into weapons and often end up in the hands of criminals – the amnesty after these became illegal was designed to prevent that from happening. 

The amnesty identified four models of Top-Venting Blank Fire (TVBF) weapons by Turkish manufacturers that were considered readily convertible into lethal barrelled weapons. Blow, Ceonic ISSC, Ekol and Retay are the TVBF models affected.

During the amnesty period Lincolnshire Police received 16 blank fire weapons and 10 were the Turkish made ones that are now illegal/

Initial Firearms Classification Advisor and National Ballistics Intelligence Service Co-Ordinator, PC Gareth King, said: "We receive on average of one or two blank firearms a month, so although not a massive amount, it is a success for us and has prevented the surrendered firearms from being in the public domain."

Although the amnesty period has ended people can still surrender firearms at police stations in the county.