Fire arms 2

Question 1

What is Category A?

Answer 1

• Full licence for the possession and use of conventional firearms
• not pistols, restricted weapons or MSSAs

Question 2

What is category B?

Answer 2

-Pistols, providing the owner is a member of a pistol club

Question 3

What is category C?

Answer 3

-Collections, restricted weapons and use of weapons in theatrical
performances

Question 4

What is category D?

Answer 4

-Firearms dealers

Question 5

What are 5 legal requirements fire arms licence holders must adhere to?

Answer 5

1-Licence must be kept legible and undamaged

2-They must show it on demand (Same as a drivers licence)

3- If they change their address, they must notify police within 30 days

4- Must report to police (in writing) if their are any circumstances of theft, loss or destruction.

Question 6

True or False?
You have to warn a person before arresting them if they
refuse particulars or give false particulars.

Answer 6

-True

Question 7

What does the term ‘Carries’ mean in relation to firearms mean?

Answer 7

• Physically holding the object
• Inside something they are carrying or in their possession
• Driver of vehicles in which fire arms are found

Question 8

What does ‘is in possession of’ in relation to firearms mean?

Answer 8

• Having physical hold of the thing, or
• Having it in a bag they are carrying, or
• Having it in a vehicle they are driving

Question 9

What does ‘Discharges’ in relation to firearms mean?

Answer 9

-Fires, or releases or lets go.

Question 10

What does ‘Presents’ in relation to firearms mean?

Answer 10

-Brandishing, deploying or displaying in a threatening way.

Question 11

What does section 66 of the Arms Act 1983 provide for in relation to possession of a
firearm on any land/building/vehicle?

Answer 11

-Occupiers of land
-Drivers of vehicles
Are deemed to be in possession of any fire arm, airgun, pistol, explosive ect. unless they can prove it is not theirs

Question 12

What two main points does the case ‘Sullivan v Earl of Caithness’ discuss about possession of a firearm?

Answer 12

-A person can be in possession even if the firearm is stored at another location.

Example:
A man who kept a firearm at his parents’ house 160km away was held to be in
possession because he:
-had knowledge of it, and
-had control of it and could go and get it when he wished.

Question 13

What power do you have to search and seize a firearm?

Answer 13

-Section 18, Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Question 14

What grounds must exist before you can search for and seize the firearm?

Answer 14

-Reasonable grounds to suspect that a person who is carrying arms, or is in possession of them or has them under their control

-A Protection Order is in force against the person under the Domestic Violence
Act 1995

• There are grounds to make an application against the person for a protection order under the Domestic Violence Act 1995
• A Protection Order or PSO is in force against that person under the Domestic Violence Act 1995

Question 15

If the grounds are meet to search and seize a fire arm, what can you do without a warrant?

Answer 15

• Search the person
• Search anything in their possession/ under their control
• Enter a place/ vehicle to search the person
• Seize and detain any arms/ firearms licence.