Source · Select Committees · Scottish Affairs Committee
Recommendation 8
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We have heard concerns about the current UK legislation regarding firearms in the context of...
Conclusion
We have heard concerns about the current UK legislation regarding firearms in the context of Scotland. Firstly, Superintendent Duncan stated that the age of legislation could cause issues. Superintendent Duncan told us that: “legislation is now over 50 years old… there have been amendments to that legislation over that time, but the existing legislation was an amalgamation of legislation dating even beyond that. I think that, if we were rewriting it from scratch, it would be done in a slightly different way.”24
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 5 July 2023. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗