{"id":3716,"date":"2019-08-03T18:13:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T17:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/2019\/08\/03\/firearm-amnesty-rids-pistols-and-machine-guns-criminal-contact\/"},"modified":"2019-08-03T18:13:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-03T17:13:25","slug":"firearm-amnesty-rids-pistols-and-machine-guns-criminal-contact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/firearm-amnesty-rids-pistols-and-machine-guns-criminal-contact\/","title":{"rendered":"Firearm amnesty rids pistols and machine guns from criminal contact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a two-week firearms amnesty comes to an end,&nbsp; hauls of arms handed in anonymously are&nbsp;being handled by police officers across Greater Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>In an operation from Saturday 20 July to&nbsp;Sunday 4 August, over 100 submissions of weapons took place in&nbsp;the first week,&nbsp;people disposed of a wide range of illegal firearms including an AK 47, MP5&#8217;s, an Uzi sub-machine gun, a Borrock revolver&nbsp;and a WW2 Machine gun.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/182717773\" id=\"YsxPznUPTcRLESwMGaEylw\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'YsxPznUPTcRLESwMGaEylw',sig:'IRbg_pzk1PpR7wUYWG5bbPFDtI4AHINJoav9p5B2R-c=',w:'507px',h:'337px',items:'182717773',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src=\"\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Setting the sights on reducing violent crime, the amnesty is part of the National Firearm Surrender 2019, aiming to prevent the circulation of weapons on the streets by removing potentially dangerous weapons from inside the homes of people who legitimately own weapons, often falling into the hands of criminals through gun theft.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Superintendent Tony Creely said: \u201cGun crime in the UK remains one of the lowest in the world, however, we are not complacent about this type of crime, which is why we are conducting the firearms surrender now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The National Firearms Surrender campaign coincides with the latest Home Affairs Committee&#8217;s report which describes serious youth violence as a &#8220;social emergency&#8221; with&nbsp;knife crime rising&nbsp;70% in the last five years, however, there is no mention of&nbsp;incidents involving firearms in the report.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a two-week firearms amnesty comes to an end,&nbsp; hauls of arms handed in anonymously are&nbsp;being handled by police officers across Greater Manchester. 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