Written questions

Airguns: Licensing

Commons · Question 35231 · Tabled 4 Mar 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 12 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing licensing for air guns.

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 12 Mar 2025

Air weapons are subject to firearms legislation which regulates their possession and use. Air weapons can be lawfully possessed in England and Wales without a firearm certificate if the muzzle energy is not more than six foot pounds for air pistols, and 1...