RIFLES, shotguns and revolvers were among 184 weapons handed over to Merseyside Police during a two-week firearms amnesty.
The 'Give up the Gun' initiative was a chance for people to hand in firearms or antique, replica and decommissioned firearms that could be reactivated and used for criminal purposes.
Some of the firearms that were handed in. Pictures: Craig Manning
Among the firearms handed in were 20 handguns / revolvers, 17 shotguns/rifles, 30 imitation / deactivated weapons, 52 air weapons, 14 blank firers/starting pistols and 29 separate lots of viable ammunition including more than 750 shotgun cartridges.
Deactivated weapons an AK47, an M16 anD early 410 bore shotgun.
There were also 15 types of ammunition, including pellets and seven described as 'miscellaneous'.
It is an increase on last year's firearms surrender, which resulted in 126 hand ins.
Merseyside's Assistant Chief Constable Nikki Holland (pictured, above, with some of the weapons), said: "We are extremely pleased with the results of the surrender and the firearms that the public have handed-in and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their excellent response to the surrender operation."
"Our commitment is to protect the lives and livelihoods of the law abiding members of our community and I want to reassure people that we will continue our fight against those who are involved in criminality and who continue to make other people’s lives a misery through firearms, drug dealing and serious and organised crime.
"The surrender has run alongside the pro-active work that we do every single day and we will stand shoulder to shoulder with the community in our pledge to disrupt criminal activity, take guns off our streets and put the people responsible behind bars."
"I am delighted to see that the public have heeded our message about surrendering firearms, weapons and ammunition so that they don't fall into the hands of criminals and used to cause fear or intimidation.
"In just a two-week period a substantial number of viable weapons and a large quantity of ammunition has been handed into police stations across Merseyside.
"Just removing one weapon from our streets means that there is one less chance of it being used to seriously injure or kill someone."
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