Overview
- The national surrender runs from Monday 2 February to Friday 27 February, with police asking owners to hand in only the specified Bruni models at designated stations.
- The five models are the 8mm PAK Bruni BBM Model 92, BBM New Police, BBM Model 96, BBM Model ‘GAP’, and the .380R (9mmK) PAK Bruni BBM ME Ranger.
- People can surrender these items without prosecution and without giving personal details, with guidance to place them in a bag or box and call 101 before travelling for safe transport advice.
- Possession of these Bruni models after the amnesty could lead to prosecution and a sentence of up to ten years, and any live firearms handed in will be examined for links to crime.
- Police cite rising use of converted blank firers by criminals using inexpensive tools, with Greater Manchester Police reporting 352 guns seized in five years, including 125 conversions and 11 Bruni examples.