One man was charged under the firearms act while others were charged with drugs and weapons offences.
Pepper spray has often been used in unprovoked attacks or robberies and is illegal in the UK under the Firearms Act.
The new powers suggested for civilian police staff and police support volunteers include administering fixed penalty notices, conducting searches and carrying CS or PAVA sprays, which are considered weapons under the Firearms Act.
A third says: "I just have to have enough faith this will be effective against dogs, lions, wolves or whatever else the government sees fit to reintroduce to wreak havoc on human life …" Amazon declined to comment on its illegal sale of a weapon banned under the Firearms Act 1968.
The UK Home Office has clarified the rules against 3D-printed guns, finally stating unequivocally that 3D-printed firearms are prohibited under the Firearms Act 1968.
At the moment, people who deal in guns are mostly charged with separate offences under the Firearms Act, which carry sentences of up to 10 years, but ministers have been persuaded of the need for a specific new offence with a tougher penalty.
It would also prohibit guns from individuals subject to certain protection orders that qualify under the firearms prohibitions of the federal law from possessing guns.
SB-197 prohibits gun possession from only those convicted of certain felonies involving domestic violence or certain misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence that qualify under the firearms prohibitions of the federal law.
There's also a focus on reassessing topical issues with Tim Sutton's drama Dark Night focusing on the aftermath of the 2012 cinema shooting in Colorado, while Stephanie Soechtig's Under the Gun looks at the firearms problem in the US and the polarized debate that surrounds it.
Amid America's ongoing gun debate in the wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, US congressman Steve Israel recently called for a ban on 3D guns under the Undetectable Firearms Act.
The tommy gun had been regulated under the 1934 firearms act.
