Surrender Firearms
(Rec. 1 p.m.) LONDON, April 1 Scotland Yard revealed that to Maxxh 31, a total of 16,930 weapons had been handed in in London in response to the Home Secretary’s appeal to civilians to surrender illegally-held firearms. This was a greater total than realised when an appeal was made for guns to equip the Home Guard after Dunkirk, when 15,933 guns were given up.
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Northern Advocate, 2 April 1946, Page 3
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