Clause 30 - Manufacture, import and sale of realistic imitation firearms
Violent Crime Reduction Bill
4:15 pm
Dawn Butler (Brent South, Labour)
I must stress that the purpose of the Bill is to curb the manufacture, import and sale of realistic imitation firearms, not toys. Although the Opposition talk about shooting on their estates, we are trying to curb the shootings that we see on our estates in the inner cities. When someone is faced with someone holding a gun to their head, and it looks real, they do not think about whether it is a real gun or an imitation but about their life and whether they are going to lose it. That is what the Bill is intended to addresss.