§ 61. Mr. Thorpeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in view of the continuing number of accidents, if he will take steps to prevent young children from obtaining airguns and shotguns.
§ Mr. BrookeIt is an offence to sell or hire an airgun or a shotgun to a person under seventeen, and for a person under that age to purchase or hire such a weapon. A Bill which would further restrict the possession of these weapons by young persons received its Third Reading in this House on 4th May, and is now in another place.