§ Sir Richard Glynasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the number of convictions for illegal possession of firearms in each month since March, 1966.
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§ Mr. TaverneThe information can not be given on a monthly basis but particulars are available as follows for
Number of persons convicted 1st March to 31st December, 1966 1st January to 31st December, 1967 FIREARMS ACT 1937 Section 1 (Purchasing or possessing firearms or ammunition without a certificate) … … … … … … 560 502 Section 7 (Manufacturing or dealing in firearms or ammunition without being registered) … … … … … … 14 4 Section 17 (Manufacture, sale, transfer, purchase, acquisition, possession of prohibited weapons) … … … … 26 18 Section 19 (Purchase and possession of firearms by young persons) 276 201 Section 21 (Purchase and possession of firearms by persons convicted of crime) … … … … … … 74 86 Total … … … … … … … 950 811 AIR GUNS AND SHOT GUNS ETC. ACT 1962 Section 1 (Restrictions on the use and possession of air weapons by young persons) … … … … … … 1,131 717 Section 2 (Restriction on the possession of shot guns by young persons) … … … … … … … 69 36 Total … … … … … … … 1,200 753 Grand Total … … … … … … … 2,150 1,564