Home Office to Make Crossbows Harder to Obtain After String of High-Profile Incidents

Following a series of murders and high-profile incidents involving crossbows, the government has put forward proposals which would make the weapons harder to obtain. On Wednesday the Home Office launched a call for evidence and said it was considering introducing a licensing system, which would mean someone wanting to purchase a crossbow would need a licence and would have to undergo police checks in a similar way to that needed to obtain shotgun and firearms certificates. There are currently no restrictions on anyone over the age of 18 buying or owning a crossbow, and the only restriction is on carrying one in public “without a reasonable excuse.”...