A national amnesty will begin in two weeks for owners of soon to be outlawed blank firing guns to hand them over to police.

The NCA has led raids over the past year on “factories” where gangs have been converting imitation, antique or blank firing guns so ... an AK-47, an MP 40 submachine gun and nine revolvers.

The Home Office says it is working to "mitigate the threat of criminally convertible blank-firing firearms entering the UK". It also says that it is keeping firearms controls under constant review ...