Luke Parr, 23, is sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for manufacturing illegal firearms from his Dagenham garden workshop. The Metropolitan Police uncovered his operation while investigating a near-fatal shooting, discovering guns converted from Turkish-manufactured blank firers, which are now illegal and linked to a rise in violent crime in the UK.
Authorities emphasize the danger posed by criminals like Parr who exploit the loopholes in gun regulations to produce lethal weapons. As the national amnesty aims to remove these converted firearms from circulation, police urge citizens to surrender any legally owned blank firing guns before they fall into the wrong hands.
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