Consultation summary


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Home Office: Legislative changes to firearms control - A consultation (HTML format)

  • Departments: 

  • Home Office

Document type: 

Consultation paper

Date of publication: 

8 February 2012

Deadline date: 

8 May 2012


Summary: 

This consultation seeks views on whether to make changes to the sentencing framework for the illegal importation of firearms. It also seeks views on whether to introduce new firearms legislation targeted at individuals who supply firearms to the criminal market and asks what would be an appropriate sentence.

  • Subjects: 

  • Consumers, business and industry; 
  • Emergencies; 
  • Public order, justice and rights; 
  • Social issues

  • Regions: 

  • National



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