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Firearms & Weapons

Firearms and weapons offences carry severe minimum sentences. ASL defends them with the seriousness they demand.

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Serious charges, prepared to the last detail

Many firearms offences carry mandatory minimum sentences, meaning a conviction can result in years in custody regardless of your circumstances. The law is technical and the stakes are extremely high.

We examine every element possession, knowledge, the classification of the weapon, and the lawfulness of any search to build the strongest possible defence.

“Mandatory minimums leave no room for a weak defence. We prepare these cases to the very last detail.”

Offences we regularly defend

Possession of a firearm or prohibited weapon

Possession with intent to endanger life or cause fear

Importation and supply of firearms

Possession of bladed articles and offensive weapons

How ASL defends your case

We challenge whether the item meets the legal definition, whether you knew it was in your possession, and whether the evidence was lawfully obtained. We argue exceptional circumstances where minimum sentences apply.

Expert classification and ballistics evidence

Challenge to knowledge and possession

Exceptional-circumstances argument on sentence

Where appropriate, expert evidence on the weapon itself can be decisive.

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Charges we defend

Firearms & weapons offences we cover

Many firearms offences carry mandatory minimum sentences. We defend the full range under the Firearms Act 1968 and weapons legislation.

Possession of a firearm without a certificate

s.1 Firearms Act 1968

Possession of a prohibited weapon

s.5 Firearms Act 1968

Possession with intent to endanger life

s.16 Firearms Act 1968

Possession with intent to cause fear

s.16A Firearms Act 1968

Possessing a firearm when committing an offence

s.17 Firearms Act 1968

Carrying a firearm in a public place

s.19 Firearms Act 1968

Possession by a prohibited person

s.21 Firearms Act 1968(persons previously sentenced to custody prohibited from possessing firearms)

Importation, supply or manufacture

s.3 Firearms Act 1968(dealing, manufacture and repair without licence); importation also charged under s.170 CEMA 1979

Possession of an imitation firearm

s.25 Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006(manufacture/import/sale of realistic imitation firearms); for carrying in public, s.19 Firearms Act 1968 also applies

Possession of a bladed article

s.139 CJA 1988

Possession of an offensive weapon

s.1 PCA 1953

Threatening with a bladed article

s.139AA CJA 1988

Threatening with an offensive weapon in public

s.1A PCA 1953

Possession of a corrosive substance

OWA 2019

Possession of ammunition

s.1(1)(b) Firearms Act 1968(possession of ammunition without a certificate)

Using a person to mind a weapon

s.28 Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (increasingly charged in gang and county lines cases)

Possession of a firearm with intent to resist arrest

s.18 Firearms Act 1968

Selling or transferring a prohibited weapon

s.3 Firearms Act 1968

This list is not exhaustive and is provided for general guidance only. If the charge you are facing is not shown here, we almost certainly defend it
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