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GENERAL FIREARMS GUIDANCE

Document title	Document date
Approval of Rifle and Muzzle Loading Pistol Clubs (Home Office)
Dept of Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Guidance on the Export of Firearms
Firearm Energy Comparisons – Advice for Enquiry Officers
Firearms Law - Guidance to the Police (Home Office 2002)
Firearms Licensing - procedural good practice guide (ACPO 2002)
Firearms Security Handbook 2005 (Home Office)	17 June 2011
Guidance on the Import of Firearms (HMRC/UKBA)
Practical Shotgun – an overview of good reason (ACPO 2007)
Specifications for the adaptation of shotgun magazines and the de-activation of firearms (Home Office 2010)

FIREARMS & YOUNG PEOPLE

Document title	Document date
Young people and airguns
Young people and firearms
Young people and shotgun certificates
Young people and shotguns

FIREARMS GUIDANCE – Northern Ireland

Document title	Document date
Northern Ireland Office firearms website	28 January 2009
Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) firearms website	28 January 2009
Guidance on Northern Ireland Firearms Controls (NIO 2006)	28 January 2009

EXPLOSIVES GUIDANCE

Document title	Document date
BASC/ACPO guide to explosives legislation
Best practice for explosives record keeping
Black Powder - Transport
Explosives Licensing Update 2009
MSER 2005 - Approved Code of Practice
MSER 2005 - Security for registered premises
MSER 2005 Approved Code of Practice (Northern Ireland)
Shooters Powders - HSE Advice

HSE Explosives Website

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KNIVES

Knives - advice and guidance

FACT SHEETS

Document title	Document date
Additional Conditions on Firearm Certificates
Additional Conditions on Firearm Certificates - Advice for Firearms Licensing Staff
Antique Firearms [NEW]
Borrowing Rifles
Borrowing Shotguns
Carriage of Firearms and Ammunition on Ferries
Crossbows
Firearm Security
Gundog Training - Starting Pistols and Dummy launchers
Handguns for Humane Dispatch
Notifying change of address
Open firearm certificate conditions
Rights of Way and Access (England and Wales)
Rights of Way and Access (Scotland)
Section One Firearms
Semi-automatic Firearms for Vermin Control
Worrying Livestock By Dogs

TRADE & CONSUMER ADVICE

Document title	Document date
100% Proof - a guide to proof marks
Ammunition Transfers [NEW]
RFD’s - FAQ’s
Sale of Goods and Consumer Advice
Sales and Marketing - [Trade Descriptions]
Unlicensed firearms [NEW]

POLICE INVOLVEMENT WITH SHOOTING

Police involvement with shooting - advice and guidance

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