ILLEGALLY-HELD FIREARMS
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NEARLY 17,000 HANDED IN
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Received Tuesday, 12.20 p.m. LONDON, April 1. Scotland Yard has revealed that to March 31 a total of 16,930 weapons have been handed in at London in response to the Home Secretary's appeal to Civilians to surrender illegallyheld firearms. This is a greater total than was realised when the appeal was made for guns to equip the Home Guard after the evacuation from Dunkirk, when 15,933 guns were given up.
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Chronicle (Levin), 2 April 1946, Page 5
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