Hundreds of blank firing pistols shipped to the United States from Turkey were seized last week by U.S. Customs officials at Washington Dulles International Airport. The firearms, some of which could ...

Owners of particular types of blank firing guns, which have become popular with criminals, have been urged to hand the firearms in to police stations after tests found they can be easily converted to ...

Four brands of blank firing handguns currently on sale in the UK are set to be made illegal after a string of murders. Converted firearms - originally designed to fire blanks - are currently ...

Police in Kent, Surrey and Sussex are holding an amnesty for four types of Turkish-made blank firing guns that are popular among organised crime groups. Tests by the National Crime Agency (NCA) found ...

A man who tried to convert nine blank-firers into lethal firearms has been jailed for eight years in one of the first cases ...

A number of blank-firing guns have been handed in to Derbyshire Police during an amnesty this month. The force said it had accepted 13 so-called top-venting blank firing (TVBF) weapons at police ...

Prop guns and blank cartridges are used on Hollywood sets to simulate real gunfire. Blanks are cartridges tipped with material, but they can cause serious damage at close range. The cinematographer ...

A New Jersey firearms retailer who was accused of selling ammunition to undercover agents without first checking firearms permits has reached a settlement with the state Attorney General’s office.

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