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The Crossbows Act 1987 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which is still in force. The Act, as amended, controls the possession of crossbows by people under the age of eighteen throughout the whole of the United Kingdom .
The crossbow is, for legal purposes, often categorized as a firearm by various legal jurisdictions (even though it is not considered as a firearm from a technical perspective), despite the fact that no combustion is required to propel the projectile. This is a list of laws concerning crossbows by country.
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The Unlawful Games Act 1541 (33 Hen. 8.c. 9), sometimes referred to as the Suppression of Unlawful Games Act 1541, [3] was an Act of the Parliament of England, designed to prohibit "Several new devised Games" that caused "the Decay of Archery". [4]
A man has denied murdering a mother and two of her daughters in a crossbow and knife attack at their home. Carol Hunt, 61, was stabbed to death and Hannah Hunt, 28, and Louise Hunt, 25, suffered ...
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Shotguns (Section 2 firearms under the 1968 Act as amended) are defined in UK law as smoothbore firearms with barrels not shorter than 24 inches (61 cm) and a bore not larger than 2 inches (5.1 cm) in diameter, no revolving cylinder, and either no magazine or a non-detachable magazine that is not capable of holding more than two cartridges, [5 ...
A Home Office spokesperson said the department has been instructed to look at possible ways to ‘strengthen controls’ on the weapons.