Bruni Olympic .380 BBM

The Bruni Olympic .380 BBM is a blank firing revolver. It is banned in the UK as being "readily convertible" into a live-firing gun.

UK Ban

The gun was banned on 4 June 2010, in the UK. Increasing use of converted guns had led to the re-assessment of its categorisation as "not readily converted" to "readily converted", resulting in it becoming a prohibited weapon under section five of the Firearms Act 1968. A short amnesty between 14 April and 4 June was held in Dorset.^[1]

Notable incidents

A converted Bruni Olympic was found in a sock on grassland about four metres (14ft) from the body of Mark Duggan^[2] at the scene where he was shot by armed police in north London in 2011.^[3][4][5] It was wrapped in a sock and there was no evidence that it had been fired.^[6]

References

1. "Amnesty for Bruni Olympic .380 BBM blank firing revolver". Dorset Police. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
2. The Guardian newspaper: Mark Duggan shooting: armed officers cleared of wrongdoing, 25 March 2015
3. Lewis, Jason (13 August 2011). "The street code of vengeance that sparked the riots". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
4. "'No evidence' that Mark Duggan shot at police, says IPCC". London Evening Standard. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
5. "UK RIOTS: MARK DUGGAN 'HAD A LOADED PISTOL'". Daily Express. 10 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
6. Jones, Sam; Wells, Matt; Owen, Paul; Quinn, Ben (9 August 2011). "The Independent Police Complaints Commission has just announced that there is no evidence". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 9 August 2011.