Firearms news


Police use armed response vehicles on routine patrols

ARMED response vehicles are now being used for standard patrols, Guernsey Police has confirmed, but it is unclear whether the firearms have been removed.


Tasers are being issued more often

AUTHORISATION for the use of Tasers in Guernsey has leapt within the last five years, latest figures reveal.


Armed police turnouts double to 10

FIREARMS officers were deployed 10 times during 2010.


Local force supports starting-pistol amnesty

GUERNSEY POLICE could soon join the UK in a gun amnesty.


Police swoop as firearms go missing from custody

POLICE have raided properties in Alderney searching for firearms after weapons that had been seized by its States were allegedly stolen.


BB shot nearly blinded girl of 6

A SIX-YEAR-OLD girl was shot in the face by a fully automatic BB rifle.

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