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When did it become against the law to carry firearms for personal protection ( England )?

April 26, 2017carry enforcement England firearms government Law police politics

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When did it become against the law to carry firearms for personal protection ( England )?

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English Law explicitly does not allow you to carry any item for self defense unless you are licensed to for your job (e.g. armed police) and that Law has existed in various forms for over 100 years. The current toughened up Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 is not just about guns but states “it is an offense to be caught in public with any implement made or adapted for causing injury or intended to cause injury, or any object carried for the intention of cause harm on injury to another”. See http://www.need2know.co.uk/law/crime_and… for full details.