UK Deactivated Forearms Registration

[Roger Payne]

I thought the additional restrictions on the possession of land mines was brought in following the late Princess Diana's campaign, Roy, but I could be wrong........or they could maybe have been revised to include only live mines. I've certainly seen S, Teller, Glass, & Stock mines openly for sale at UK arms fairs in recent years, but assumed that the rules had either been modified or that the dealers were flouting them.

Many many moons ago I used to have lots of empty S mines that had come back from the Channel Islands. Luckily I sold or gave them away long ago.

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[Roy W]

I thought the additional restrictions on the possession of land mines was brought in following the late Princess Diana's campaign, Roy, but I could be wrong........or they could maybe have been revised to include only live mines. I've certainly seen S, Teller, Glass, & Stock mines openly for sale at UK arms fairs in recent years, but assumed that the rules had either been modified or that the dealers were flouting them.

Many many moons ago I used to have lots of empty S mines that had come back from the Channel Islands. Luckily I sold or gave them away long ago.

I think you are confusing it with the signing of the landmine treaties banning their use, Roger.

The military use a system of FFE certification (free from explosives) for souvenirs etc. but I am not aware of a civvy equivalent. They are live or inert and once inert they are effectively scrap metal/plastic.