5 Weapons subject to general prohibition
Firearms Act 1968 (1968 c 27) | Legislation

Prohibition of certain weapons and control of arms traffic

5  Weapons subject to general prohibition

(1)     A person commits an offence if, [without authority], he has in his possession, or purchases or acquires. . .—

[(a)     any firearm which is so designed or adapted that two or more missiles can be successively discharged without repeated pressure on the trigger;

(ab)     any self-loading or pump-action [rifled gun] other than one which is chambered for .22 rim-fire cartridges;

[(aba)     any firearm which either has a barrel less than 30 centimetres in length or is less than 60 centimetres in length overall, other than an air weapon, . . ., a muzzle-loading gun or a firearm designed as signalling apparatus;]

(ac)     any self-loading or pump-action smooth-bore gun which is not [an air weapon or] chambered for .22 rim-fire cartridges and either has a barrel less than 24 inches in length or . . . is less than 40 inches in length overall;

(ad)     any smooth-bore revolver gun other than one which is chambered for 9mm rim-fire cartridges or [a muzzle-loading gun];

(ae)     any rocket launcher, or any mortar, for projecting a stabilised missile, other than a launcher or mortar designed for line-throwing or pyrotechnic purposes or as signalling apparatus;]

[(af)

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