Stoffregen told police the gun wasn’t real. “However, it was a starter pistol (blank pistol). Stoffregen advised me the pistol was in his room” where “there was a black revolver pistol lay ...

The case involves “ghost guns,” weapons ... law explicitly states that a “starter gun” — that is, a gun with a plugged barrel that is designed to fire blanks, and that is typically ...

alongside thousands of rounds of blank calibre and modified ammunition. Stopping the sale of these guns will go a significant way to help protect the public.” ...

Blank-firing guns are designed for use in theatre and film, and as starting pistols Police in Kent, Surrey and Sussex are holding an amnesty for four types of Turkish-made blank firing guns that ...

Rocky's attorney, Joe Tacopina, maintained that the gun was a starter pistol that only fired blanks. He claimed Rocky carried it as a prop for security reasons. Prosecutors, however, insist that ...

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 ...

He said the gun was actually a "starter pistol" that only shot blanks which Rocky carried for protection, something he argued Ephron knew. The first video shown by the prosecution showed a ...

Please leave this field blank. In writing the Gun Control Act, Congress chose language broad enough to encompass the modified starter pistol of 1968 and the 3D-printed ghost gun of 2024.

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 ...