The amnesty will be from February 2 to February 27 and focuses on five models of Italian-made, top-venting blank firearms that recent testing has shown can be readily converted to fire live ammunition using basic tools.

Possession after the amnesty could result in a 10-year prison sentence.

8mm PAK Bruni BBM Model 92 blank firing self-loading pistol. (Image: National Crime Agency)

Dame Diana Johnson, Minister for........

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