Tasers and stun guns - Revision history

Neville Reid: bypass redirect

2025-10-05T21:22:20Z

bypass redirect

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	* https://wheldonlaw.co.uk/taser-torches/#:~:text=UK%20law%20specifies%20that for more information		* https://wheldonlaw.co.uk/taser-torches/#:~:text=UK%20law%20specifies%20that for more information
	* [[Specific items]]		* [[Specific items]]
	*[[Guns and replicas]]		* [[Guns and replicas]]
	*[[Weapons]] - ~~sample message~~ to reject posts for all types of weapons		* [[Sample message: Weapons]] - to reject posts for all types of weapons

	[[category:Specific Items]]		[[category:Specific Items]]

Neville Reid: disarm and hand in to police. Per discussion at https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/taser/8266/4

2025-02-01T12:14:05Z

disarm and hand in to police. Per discussion at https://discourse.ilovefreegle.org/t/taser/8266/4

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	Sale and possession of stun guns is controlled under the Firearms Act 1968 – because they electrical discharge they produce is classified as “noxious”. This means that possessing, purchasing, acquiring, manufacturing, selling or transferring one is classed as a criminal offence in the UK.		Sale and possession of stun guns is controlled under the Firearms Act 1968 – because they electrical discharge they produce is classified as “noxious”. This means that possessing, purchasing, acquiring, manufacturing, selling or transferring one is classed as a criminal offence in the UK.

			When refusing an Offer, volunteers might suggest that the battery be removed (if possible) and the device be handed in to a a police station.

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Jacky at 10:50, 31 January 2025

2025-01-31T10:50:18Z

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	~~See~~: ~~https://wheldonlaw.co.uk/taser-torches/#:~:text=UK%20law%20specifies%20that for more information~~		Links:

			*https://wiki.ilovefreegle.org/Tasers_and_stun_guns
			* https://wheldonlaw.co.uk/taser-torches/#:~:text=UK%20law%20specifies%20that for more information
	~~Link:~~ [[Specific items]]		* [[Specific items]]
			*[[Guns and replicas]]
			*[[Weapons]] - sample message to reject posts for all types of weapons

	[[category:Specific Items]]		[[category:Specific Items]]

Jacky: Created page with "Tasers and stun guns are illegal to own, other than very specific exceptions (police etc). They are therefore not allowed to be requested or offered on Freegle. UK law specifies that possession of a non-lethal taser is a criminal offence and, should the taser be disguised as another object such as a torch, the offence carries a minimum term of imprisonment of 5 years. Sale and possession of stun guns is controlled under the Firearms Act 1968 – because they electrica..."

2025-01-31T10:45:18Z

Created page with "Tasers and stun guns are illegal to own, other than very specific exceptions (police etc). They are therefore not allowed to be requested or offered on Freegle. UK law specifies that possession of a non-lethal taser is a criminal offence and, should the taser be disguised as another object such as a torch, the offence carries a minimum term of imprisonment of 5 years. Sale and possession of stun guns is controlled under the Firearms Act 1968 – because they electrica..."

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Tasers and stun guns are illegal to own, other than very specific exceptions (police etc). They are therefore not allowed to be requested or offered on Freegle.

UK law specifies that possession of a non-lethal taser is a criminal offence and, should the taser be disguised as another object such as a torch, the offence carries a minimum term of imprisonment of 5 years.

Sale and possession of stun guns is controlled under the Firearms Act 1968 – because they electrical discharge they produce is classified as “noxious”. This means that possessing, purchasing, acquiring, manufacturing, selling or transferring one is classed as a criminal offence in the UK.

See: https://wheldonlaw.co.uk/taser-torches/#:~:text=UK%20law%20specifies%20that for more information

Link: [[Specific items]]

[[category:Specific Items]]