Bruni Olympic .380 BBM

The Bruni Olympic .380 BBM is a blank firing revolver. It is banned in the UK as being "readily convertible" into a live-firing gun.

UK Ban

The gun was banned on 4 June 2010, in the UK. Increasing use of converted guns had led to the re-assessment of its categorisation as "not readily converted" to "readily converted", resulting in it becoming a prohibited weapon under section five of the Firearms Act 1968. A short amnesty between 14 April and 4 June was held in Dorset.[1]

Notable incidents

A converted Bruni Olympic was found in a sock on grassland about four metres (14ft) from the body of Mark Duggan[2] at the scene where he was shot by armed police in north London in 2011.[3][4][5] It was wrapped in a sock and there was no evidence that it had been fired.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Amnesty for Bruni Olympic .380 BBM blank firing revolver". Dorset Police. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  2. ↑ The Guardian newspaper: Mark Duggan shooting: armed officers cleared of wrongdoing, 25 March 2015
  3. ↑ Lewis, Jason (13 August 2011). "The street code of vengeance that sparked the riots". The Daily Telegraph (London). Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "'No evidence' that Mark Duggan shot at police, says IPCC". London Evening Standard. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  5. ↑ "UK RIOTS: MARK DUGGAN ‘HAD A LOADED PISTOL’". Daily Express. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  6. ↑ Jones, Sam; Wells, Matt; Owen, Paul; Quinn, Ben (9 August 2011). "The Independent Police Complaints Commission has just announced that there is no evidence". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 9 August 2011.


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