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Almost 2,000 Guns Surrendered Two Months Before End of Amnesty
Thursday 01 April 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, April 1 (TASR) - Two months away from the end of a weapons amnesty during which people can hand over any illegally held arms for destruction without facing prosecution, close to 2,000 guns have been collected, police told TASR on Thursday.
The second weapons amnesty between November 1-May 31, 2010 follows an earlier one in 2005-06 during which 3,490 guns were handed in.
"As of March 28, Slovaks have surrendered 1,973 guns and 15,014 rounds of ammunition," said a police spokesman.
Of these, the highest number of guns, 365, came from Bratislava region, while the most rounds of ammunition - 3,805 - were surrendered in Zilina region.
Among the handed-in weapons in both amnesties are historical and rare specimens, many of which were dug up and date back to the 19th century as well as the First and Second World Wars. They include rifles, sub-machine and machine guns.
In the first amnesty a resident of Lucenec (Banska Bystrica) handed in 68 different guns (including automatics) while a Slovak from the district of Martin (Zilina region) brought in 33 guns made in Russia.
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