Headlines: Merseyside antique gun amnesty sees 14 ‘viable’ weapons handed in

🚔 After a two-week amnesty on antique firearms, 14 working weapons have been handed into Merseyside Police.

Shotguns, revolvers and self-loading pistols, nine blank firers, 12 air weapons and a quantity of ammunition were surrendered to police.

Chief Superintendent and Head of Investigations Mark Kameen said: "Regardless of whether a gun is viable or not, if one of these weapons was pointed at someone, it would definitely scare them, and that is reason enough to take them off our streets.

“In addition to this, the 14 viable weapons we had handed in have the ability to injure and kill someone, again showing the importance of this surrender.”

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