Gun grab and gun surrender: two extremes of British police gun policy 

0:59 - An officer armed with an AR platform semiautomatic rifle standing besides a poster urging the civilians to surrender their firearms. Quite honestly I find it unsettling.

As an American this kind of oppression makes me sick.

Police also seized a sub 12ft/lb air rifle I am surprised they didn't seize his knives & forks.

Was pulled on private land that I have permission to shoot on with my air rifle, they said I was not allowed to have a silencer and it was illegal because I don’t have a FAC 😂 I was treated like a criminal and their behaviour was disgusting, I told them they are on private property and must leave and unless they provide proof of a crime being committed to leave me alone, they was not happy with me one bit and decided to get onto the phone for ten minutes, then just left me without saying any more, this proves to me they biased and clueless. Things need to change.

Legal people own legal guns. Tick every box in order to do so. Criminals own illegal guns, legal gun owners punished. 🤦‍♂️ Seems legit. 😂

I'm sure handing in grandad's WW2 trophy is doing wonders to prevent gun crime in the UK.

Hate firearms ownership in the UK. Owning any firearm be it a 12lbft airgun or rifle you're branded a lunatic and have to deal with police forces like this. You'd think for an issue they take so seriously they would educate their officers properly to prevent this sort of idiocy. Absolutely embarrassing behaviour

The police know most people can't afford to fight them in court. They go after legal owners as pursuing criminals is to hard.

Gestapo behavior at its finest

The law on firearms in the UK is moronic .One does hope he gets all of his expenses back . There is not one police force in the UK that is not corrupt .It is a right to own a firearm not a privilege

Interesting that for the amnesty in Sussex the police want you to hand in deacts, air guns and antiques

The Ex should be done for wasting police time ,and made to pay all his costs and compensation , that would discourage this type of spite/hate crime .

Did he just say the main sidearm of the British army throughout ww1 and ww2 as a trophy that was brought back to the UK

I bet that all the modern guns lying on that table are blank firers or deactivated and have no business being labeled as 'hand-ins'. The British attitude towards firearms is disgraceful to the extreme and it's by sheer terror and force that the amount of legal gun owners decreases annually. If you feel you are criminalized for being law-abiding - it is only a very small step to becoming an illegal firearms owner. This can be laid entirely at the feet of the government and the police who are spineless in this matter.

So gutted when I found out my nan handed in my grandads luger pistol trophy

He's got his guns back quicker than I've been granted my license!

Praise God for the 2nd Amendment.🇺🇸

OK for the police to hang on to " interesting " illegal firearms .

As an American I'll never understand how people could voluntarily give up their guns to the government. I wouldn't comply.

IMO gun laws are an infringement on human rights and freedoms.

First piont never give up your guns without proper paper work I was arrested on suspicion of assault they tried to take my guns thete and then I refused they threatened to rip the cabinets of the walls I said you can try but they never got my guns and no charges were brought against me but the next day my guns stayed in a rfd for a month because they tried to take them but licencing said no charges no revocation

Nothing like encouraging turning in family heirlooms that's just such a sweet government, I just can't believe that this happens when will people realize the government does not consider us human beings and if they do we're just the peasants that's it

I cannot stand stupid uk gun laws.

I have been shooting since I was 12 year old and am now 60 . What the hell is going on?

You can have justice if you can afford it.

Next ask for all British citizens to surrender their knives especially kitchen knives too 🤣🤣🤣

For all those people that had theirs gun wrongfully seized the government should reimburse them of the entire cost for them to get get their guns back after all the government made the mistake they should pay for it and maybe they would put some discretion into just taking anyone guns??

As an American I disagree with every single bit of this. It will guarantee a tyrannical government can oppress them that much easier.

It's astonishing that the police can illegally seize legally obtained and privately owned firearms and still not be liable for the legal costs associated with getting them back? They basically stole private property - they surely should be liable for all associated legal costs and some form of compensation?

What a lot of rubbish this is, I know a guy who had the police round to take his guns for NO reason he could think of...they came to his house in a marked police car about tea time and took his guns in front of half the neighbours in the street who were watching...NOW because of the police he is classed as a nut case who had guns and the neighbours now will not talk to him and now keep their curtains closed, also if you give your legally owned guns up to the police for let's say to be destroyed there NOT police have them for their own use...I know this as a police offer told my mate at his wedding.

I really hope they don’t destroy those Webley revolvers, a lovely bit of history

After watching this I just hang my head in disbelief and wonder what kind of country this is becoming, ffs

As an American, seeing law abiding citizens willing hand over the key to their own freedom away to the government is scary.

Ukraine had a similar amnesty just before Russia invade 8 years ago....just saying.

Im really concerned, we are now being conditioned to accept conscription, whilst law abiding are being squeezed, in fear of revocation and gun seizure.

So when does the enquiry into Devon and Cornwall happen? I assume that it will calm down after that?

Forget gun amnesty,get knives off the bloody street , 🇬🇧

It’s a pity that the south west police aren’t so worried about knife attacks there ar 98% more knife crimes than gun crimes but the police pick on license holders for what reason because they let someone with mental problems have a gun license even the man’s father told the police not to let him have a license.

Nice to hear the WM Police confirm they don't expect any overlap between the legal shooting community and the target audience for Firearms surrender. The comment from the NABIS chap about in 2019 they mostly saw shotguns is likely due to the fact a shotgun (seems to be at least) the most widely available type of firearm in the UK - so that would probably skew the trend upwards.

Absolutely despicable

This is why I wake up everyday and thank god I am not Brutish

You won’t be allowed to sharpen a pencil ✏️ without a license in this country soon! 😟

So glad they got that walking stick "gun" off the streets - I feel so much safer now.

Never liked how anyone uses the term "weapon" when talking about guns,........ Imo anything to hand can be a weapon, about 20 years ago I declined a TV interveiw at an airgun range I was at because the local news presenter kept referring to an HW77 as "so anyone without a licence can buy this weapon".... Glad I didn't go on, watched it a couple of days later and it had been edited into a right hatchet job

Such a shame Britain is now a police state, I want my AR-15 (or three) goddammit

Think the UK is becoming less of a democracy year by year

The fact remains, if you hand a gun in (and you should if not legal) you will be investigated as to why it was there and for how long.

Never surrender your guns.

Just out of interest, could anyone provide links to people that do insurance for this kind of thing or is it normally part of your household insurance

"Hello sir we are here searching for illegal guns" "No shit, me too!"

The lesson here is to be very careful with who you start a relationship with.

I would be good if you could do a piece on insurance and what to look for in the small print or even compile a list of recommended insurers.

Before you reapply for your licence. Do as I do ,store my guns at a RFD. This has saved me twice.

As an american, i can truely say yall are soft as hell. You knock on my damn door for my guns, youre gunna get them alright, but the speed will definitely be notoceably dofferent than just handing them over. By a few hundred mph.

Why can’t we just have our right to bear arms in the UK.

9:10 They came in a very large 4x4 at the peak of the day for my guns, wearing side arms looking like like something from COD.

i bet all the antique war trophies are destroyed.... shameful lack of respect for history.

Think about this Handful of people killed with firearms over the course of decades - ban guns Dozens killed by foreigners over the course of a few year - we need more diversity.

Who the fuck just has a whole mac10 chilling in their loft

We want you to be a good citizen and bend the knee to you government!!! We will protect you from your self!!! Scary stuff!!! As an American this is very Disturbing...

Realistically, the legal firearm owners aren't the ones who should be treated with so much caution, it's the silly roadmen getting illegal pistols. Plus, if someone is going to go on a massacre they're gonna do it with or without a gun in fact, you would probably do a better job with an axe or knife in a town center than shooting two people and then getting tackled because you're trying to reload.

Why would you want a gun if you are a law abiding citizen? What would you use it for?

Armalite should not allow them to produce or sell their platforms to lackeys of authoritarian toffs . can't wait to leave the s hole .

I reckon a few of those handguns are airsoft

Who's the best insurance company for shooters to help financially with situations like this?

When the police and government tell you you don't need a gun ,you need a gun

Serious question, why would anyone need to turn in an uncles shotgun or ww1 trophy? Is it really illegal to pass on hierlooms to family?

Im expecting a visit from ARU or visit to local police station within next 24 hours due to what I believe will be a false report againt me. Shottys are now with RFD.

I have an idea. Instead of hassling legal gun owners. Why don't you make it a proper life sentence for any crimes using firearms.

Yeah doing God’s work getting guns out of lofts and off walls. Nothing more terrifying than a neglected Webley lost at the back of an airing cupboard.

THE ENGINE IN THE CAR I HAVE WAS CAST OUT OF 4140 GUN METAL... runs very smooth even with 360'000km on it. wants/uses as is or other, hmm... can just get another later. Tho working for a living, the cost of things is increased 18 times above listed costs. making a $4000 confiscation into a $80'000 personal growth loss, can be stressful regardless of perceived composure. Different if one thinks they own the whole county "can just make hapless orders to the police, that (don't process anything themselves, but the guy giving notice see's "5 year minimum sentencing for unlicensed possession" nothing more then one civilian using engineered laws to basdardise another person for no reason other then that they can, the same as just shooting someone without explaining why the cops should go there and take them in the first place) just because it reads "..." doesn't put it in stone, find another that just reads things as they are there is no judgment in that... common thing here is if there sitting in a plastic chair and one kicks out the rear legs thus falling down there beer washes there shirt and face as the cops show up for demestic violance call "see that one bee in a fisting " grate back and forth like a prolonged state of civil tyranny, get a MP involved (military police) alleged phycological disordinance for the use in civil defamation onto another, doing so for no reason other then a law that they were algorithmically instructed to there personal account not the person there defacing". as seen 5 year minimums cant pay taxes in jail so they end up bank busting and the book worm that read page "..." out loud for no reason just gets a bigger property. no they don't, reporting progressively staged non-violent crimes that are a part of licensing procedures goes no where. recorded phycological report on accused and reporter, there reaction as to the others true motive? like the TV show American Greed.

When they come for your guns they will bring their's

Most Brits truly hate firearms and that is fine. As an American, I enjoy them immensely and I own a few myself but I always remember how serious gun ownership really is and I act accordingly. I'll say one thing though - if I'm ever caught in the crossfire of a gunfight and I get shot I seriously hope it's a kill shot because among other things, most Americans could NOT afford to be hospitalized with a gunshot wound and they would probably be paying expensive medical bills for the rest of their lives. I worry FAR more about unaffordable medical bills than I do being shot.

The blonde lady is it me or is she creepy as in sneaky no matter how polite the gun grabbers are the need to go away like dodo bird

Could you find a busier road next time you interview someone? I could almost hear everything the gentleman was saying.

Can an ordinarily police officer sieze youl guns as in they are not a FIre arms trained officer and don't hold a FAC??? Do they need to he supervised by a 'qualified' officer???

I agree guns under on license hand in .so no family member years from now can give the police no excuse to come after legal gun owners. its OK for some fool to say pity the hand gun can't be hand down to family member years from now .its not them that pays for it .it all ways us legal gun owners suffere

Yeah RED FLAG LAW's what's the worst that could happen......well here you go.

Who was the solicitors used with the set fee please.

NEVER EVER!!!!!!!!!

It's sad to see all these old guns on there way to be destroyed.

So are the gonna start seizing 3D printers soon too😂🤔🤔

Problem was not only was there that shooting a guy in Chichester? killed hes wife and 2 children with a shoot gun in lockdown..

What a weak police force

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Government overreach no law regarding owning a firearm only legislation. Maritime law, contract law whatever you want to call it.

if the gun is on your FAC , they cant seize it as it owned legally , so the police just believed his ex , the police are unfit for purpose

What they do not say is we can have some head guns

Surrender is in their blood!

No comply

Which solicitors did he use?

Tyrants

Just another day in the life of a police state.

Yall wanted this. Your country either voted or allowed for it. And your cops are citizens of you community but aren't shamed as they should be

nanny state

I don’t know how you people can live in the hellish police state that is Britain. I’m an American but I’d rather live in Moldova than Britain because then at least the government wouldn’t pretend to give me rights that they’d then revoke whenever they feel like it.

So sad to see yet another bitter and twisted ex (wife or girlfriend) cause so much disruption and waste so much taxpayers cash. It’s about time these false allegations, for means of revenge, are dealt with in the courts.

Don’t hand them in give them to Me loool

Not as aggressive as you!.

Hand it in if u want or don't... Just stay safe 😅