A deactivated gun can no way shape or form be reactivated it is impossible pre 1995 or after evan from way back in the 60s. I read an arcticle about a shooting that apparently you can simply reactivate a gun in under four minutes is a complete and uter lie some whoman from "mothers against guns" (what a name) said that with a clamp and a drill you can reactivate a deactivated gun. But the only possible way to get a live and working gun is to illegally smuggle one in from france or other countrys from Europe or move to Canada were they have the most amount of guns in the world and the littlist gun crime. I have a deactivated Moisin Nagant Rifle and if i drilled out the rod and cut out the bar and get a new firing pin and attempted to discharge a round the bolt would blow up and come flying back out and rip half my face off.

So no you can't reactivate a deactivated gun. and mine was deactivated in 1989!

Will Brennan, Tilehurst, Reading, West Berkshire, England

I have asked many police officers if they have ever seen a reactivated weapon, most of them laugh and say no not even during training! This is because it is really complicated to reactivate a weapon and bloody costly because there are not that many corrupt engineers and metal smiths. The fact is criminals won’t pay £500 for a deactivated weapon and several hundred more reactivating it when they can get a smuggled pistol in from Eastern Europe for £250 brought in by illegal immigrants. I hold both a shotgun and FAC licence and know that the government has yet to bring in a law that is focused on criminals, They are certain that licensed law abiding firearms users are the ones that need regulating. The government should spend more time trying to gain control of its borders, stopping illegal immigrant smugglers instead of bringing another useless law.

Miles Overton, east molesey, surrey

deactivated guns are not the problem, the police know that, the guns sold by the Greenwoods were deactivated to the bare minimum standards then re-engineered and sold with new replacement parts only available to people in the gun trade, the sales were specifically only to criminals by order and the Greenwoods were criminals and arms suppliers to the criminal underworld just the same as anyone who smuggles weapons or drugs so they got everything the deserved. As a shooter and collector of deactivated weapons, i and all of my fellow sportsmen utterly detest these people as we do all criminals but we detest the government and police even more for peddling the constant lie that all deactivated weapons are the sole supply for illegal weapons, they have lost control of our borders and that is where the guns come from, they are cheaper and better, think about it !

Stuart Cooper, Solihull,

There are now so many illicit & illegal weapons available on the streets of numerous English suburbs and cities.
These range from double barrelled 3 to 4 inch key fobs, with two easily accessable trigger buttons, to 9mm top of the line handguns.

Yet still our police mainly only wear stab proof vests?
I am in the process of purchasing and bringing back a lightweight protective 9mm Police vest from Los Angeles P.D. this month. This vest is both stabproof and protects against modern guns.
The drug market is so lucrative now, that many in the business are carrying high velocity weapons. This is 2007 folks...If we fail to prepare ...we prepare to fail!

Pat van der Veer , Wallasey ,Merseyside, England