Police chiefs are devising a strategy to crack down on illegal gun factories in Merseyside. It comes after a record number of firearms was seized last year with the final total 2,600. Now police officers across Merseyside are identifying the particular gun problems they have in their own command areas. There is an increasing trend in the underworld for taking legal replica firearms and making them capable of firing real bullets. The technique allows gangsters across... (GunPolicy.org)