Orders of the Day — Firearms (Amendment) Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:15 pm on 21 January 1988.

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Photo of Bernard Braine Bernard Braine , Castle Point 4:15, 21 January 1988

My right hon. Friend has been touching on the practical difficulties. Will he consider the man with a legitimate licence, whose legitimate weapon is now to be made illegal? All the advice that he has been given so far is that he can sell his weapon back to the trade. Has my right hon. Friend thought of the greatest difficulty of all — that the only outlet for such weapons will be sale overseas, as a ready gift to terrorists?