Scotland would benefit from a first major weapons amnesty in 30 years, law enforcement experts say.
The Scottish Police Federation and the Law Enforcement Action Partnership are calling for measures to get firearms out of circulation and make the streets safer.
“One of the priorities of making our communities safer would be to reduce the amount of weapons available to those involved in crime of all descriptions.Scottish Police Federation chairman David Threadgold, 49, believes an amnesty covering weapons including blades such as swords and knives could make neighbourhoods safer.“We’ve got to get that balance right, of course, and the impact on the police is that they don’t potentially have to deal with that type of crime.
“If everything else is in place, bearing in mind that the SPF is the voice of every police officer in Scotland, I don’t think you would have a single cop who would not advocate against potentially making our community safer.” “I think we gave him 50 quid in the end because the guy was so difficult and we chipped in £20 ourselves. He told us a Kalashnikov would be in a bin in Motherwell behind a pub. We went out there expecting it to be nonsense and sure enough there was a gun in the bin.
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