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, and the

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. This list includes not only Firearms Acts as such, but legislation of different names governing firearms and also other weapons.

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Canada

Firearms Act Firearms Act is a stock short title used for legislation in Canada, Hong Kong, Jamaica, and the United Kingdom. This list includes not only Firearms Acts as such, but legislation of different names governing firearms and also other weapons. List ...

Finland

*The Firearms Act 1998

Hong Kong

*The Firearms and Ammunition Ordinance 1981

Jamaica

* Firearms Act (Jamaica)

United Kingdom

Many laws governing possession and use of firearms have been passed over the years in the UK and the countries comprising the union; there is a historical discussion at Gun politics in the United Kingdom#Gun control legislation in the United Kingdom *The English Assizes of Arms of 1181 and

1252 Year 1252 ( MCCLII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * April 6 – Saint Peter of Verona is assassinated by Carino of Balsamo. * May 15 – P ...

governed arms, but predated firearms *The 1508 act forbidding the use of guns or crossbows without Royal Letters Patent *The 1515 "Acte Avoidyng Shoting in Crossebowes and Gonnes" *The 1542 Act introducing hunting licenses *The 1549 Act forbidding the shooting of birdshot *The 1663 Act for Ordering the Forces in the several Counties of the Kingdom *The

Bill of Rights 1689 The Bill of Rights 1689 is an Act of the Parliament of England, which sets out certain basic civil rights and clarifies who would be next to inherit the Crown, and is seen as a crucial landmark in English constitutional law. It received Royal ...

, England *The

Disarming Act The Disarming Act (1 George 1 session 2 C.26) was an 18th-century Act of Parliament of Great Britain that was enacted to curtail Jacobitism among the Scottish clans in the Scottish Highlands after the Jacobite rising of 1715. The new law, which ca ...

s of 1716 and 1725, Great Britain Act applicable explicitly to the Highlands of Scotland **The

Act of Proscription 1746 The Act of Proscription (19 Geo. 2, c. 39), also called the Act of Proscription 1746, was an Act of Parliament (UK), Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which came into effect in Scotland on 1 August 1746. It was part of a series of efforts t ...

, essentially a restatement with harsher penalties of the Disarming Acts *The

Vagrancy Act 1824 The Vagrancy Act 1824 (5 Geo. 4. c. 83) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that makes it an offence to sleep rough or beg in England and Wales. It is still mostly in force and enforceable. Critics, including William Wilberforce, c ...

providing power to arrest "... armed with any Gun, Pistol, Hanger, Cutlass, Bludgeon, or other offensive Weapon, or having upon him or her any Instrument, with Intent to commit any felonious Act;" *The

Night Poaching Act 1828 The Night Poaching Act 1828 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (citation 9 Geo. IV c. 69) still in effect in the 21st century. It forbids night poaching, especially ''taking or destroying game on lands, etc., by night, or enteri ...

*The

Game Act 1831 The Game Act 1831 (1 & 2 Will 4 c 32) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which was passed to protect game birds by establishing a close season when they could not be legally taken. The Act also established the need for game licenc ...

*The Night Poaching Act 1844 *The

Poaching Prevention Act 1862 Poaching has been defined as the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights. Poaching was once performed by impoverished peasants for subsistence purposes and to supplement meager diets. It was set a ...

*The Gun Licence Act (1870) *The

Pistols Act 1903 A pistol is a handgun, more specifically one with the chamber integral to its gun barrel, though in common usage the two terms are often used interchangeably. The English word was introduced in , when early handguns were produced in Europe, ...

*The

Firearms Act 1920 A firearm is any type of gun designed to be readily carried and used by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries (see Legal definitions). The first firearms originated in 10th-century China, when bamboo tubes ...

(10 & 11 Geo 5 c 43) *The

Firearms and Imitation Firearms (Criminal Use) Act 1933 A firearm is any type of gun designed to be readily carried and used by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries (see #Legal_definitions, Legal definitions). The first firearms originated in 10th-century History ...

(23 & 24 Geo 5 c 50) *The

Firearms Act 1934 A firearm is any type of gun designed to be readily carried and used by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries (see Legal definitions). The first firearms originated in 10th-century China, when bamboo tubes ...

(24 & 25 Geo 5 c 16) *The

Firearms (Amendment) Act 1936 A firearm is any type of gun designed to be readily carried and used by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries (see Legal definitions). The first firearms originated in 10th-century China, when bamboo tubes ...

(26 Geo 5 & 1 Edw 8 c 39) *The

Firearms Act 1937 A firearm is any type of gun designed to be readily carried and used by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries (see #Legal_definitions, Legal definitions). The first firearms originated in 10th-century History ...

(1 Edw 8 & 1 Geo 6 c 12) *The

Firearms Act 1965 A firearm is any type of gun designed to be readily carried and used by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries (see Legal definitions). The first firearms originated in 10th-century China, when bamboo tubes ...

(c 44) *The

Firearms Act 1968 The Firearms Act 1968c 27 is a UK Act of Parliament, controlling use and possession of firearms. Since 1968, the act has been extensively amended. Following the Hungerford massacre, the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 extended the class of prohibi ...

*The

Firearms Act 1969 A firearm is any type of gun designed to be readily carried and used by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries (see Legal definitions). The first firearms originated in 10th-century China, when bamboo tubes ...

*The

Firearms (Dangerous Air Weapons) Rules 1969 A firearm is any type of gun designed to be readily carried and used by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries (see Legal definitions). The first firearms originated in 10th-century China, when bamboo tubes ...

*The Firearms Act 1982 *The

Crossbows Act 1987 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. It gaine ...

*The Criminal Justice (Firearms)(Northern Ireland) Order 1988 *The

Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 The Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 (1988 c.45) is an Act of Parliament, Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which is still in force. The Act, as amended, tightens controls on the possession of firearms, and applies throughout the whole of ...

* The Firearms Rules 1989 * The Firearms Act (Amendment) Regulations 1992 *The

Firearms (Amendment) Act 1992 A firearm is any type of gun designed to be readily carried and used by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries (see Legal definitions). The first firearms originated in 10th-century China, when bamboo tubes ...

*The Firearms (Amendment) Act 1993 *The Firearms (Dangerous Air Weapons) (Amendment) Rules 1993 *The Firearms (Amendment) Act 1994 *The

Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 The Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 was introduced in the United Kingdom by the Conservative government of John Major, in response to the Dunblane school massacre and the recommendations of the Cullen Report that followed it. It effectively banned ...

*The

Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997 The Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997 was the second of two Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1997 that amended the regulation of firearms within Great Britain. It was introduced by the newly elected Labour government of Ton ...

*The Firearms (Museums) Order 1997 * The Firearms Rules 1998 *

Criminal Justice Act 2003 The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a wide-ranging measure introduced to modernise many areas of the criminal justice system in England and Wales and, to a lesser extent, in Scotland an ...

* The Firearms (Northern Ireland) Commencement Order 2004 * Firearms (Appeals and Applications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 *The Firearms (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 *The Firearms (Amendment) Rules 2005 *The

Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 The Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (c. 38) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Origin The United Kingdom Government published a paper "Drinking Responsibly - The Government's Proposals" in 2005 setting out their proposals for ...

Part 2 *The Firearms (Amendment) Regulations 2010 *The Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2013 * The Firearms (Amendment) Rules 2013 * The Firearms Regulations 2015 The Firearms Acts 1937 and 1965 was the

collective title A collective title is an expression by which two or more pieces of legislation may, under the law of the United Kingdom, be cited together. A famous example is the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949. Construction of references to citation with a group ...

of the Firearms Act 1937 and the Firearms Act 1965.The

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