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Zomboid
500000 in circulation
11000 handed in (2%)
182 crimes firearms last year - c.90 involved an air gun
1 toddler killed 11 years ago.
Chief Constable Phil Gormley hailed the response to the three week campaign as "fantastic".
Scottish Justice Secretary Michael Matheson said the response to the amnesty was "extremely encouraging".
"The new licensing regime is not a ban on air weapons but a means of ensuring people can use air weapons in a regulated way without compromising public safety," he said.
Yes because before everyone was wandering around the streets shooting eachother wondering why there isn't a licence.
Dear Mr Matheson,
How is a piece of paper going to prevent an unlicensed air rifle from killing a toddler?
Yours sincerely,
You are an idiot.