Sam Wickers of the Metropolitan Police holds a one and a half inch long antique gun that was handed in to police during the month long firearms amnesty last month. * The tiny gun comes with nine miniature copper cartyridges, two of which have been fired. It dates from pre world war II and is made by Kolibri in Austria. The gun is nickel plated and hand engraved with a rabbit on one side and a deer of the other. The nationwide gun amnesty began on March 31, 2003, and ran for one month in that period more than 1,485 firearms and 34,677 rounds of ammunition were handed in across the Met during

• Contributor: PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: 2D330F9
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• Dimensions: 1096 x 1434 px | 18.6 x 24.3 cm | 7.3 x 9.6 inches | 150dpi
• Date taken: 2 May 2003
• Photographer: Stefan Rousseau

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Sam Wickers of the Metropolitan Police holds a one and a half inch long antique gun that was handed in to police during the month long firearms amnesty last month. * The tiny gun comes with nine miniature copper cartyridges, two of which have been fired. It dates from pre world war II and is made by Kolibri in Austria. The gun is nickel plated and hand engraved with a rabbit on one side and a deer of the other. The nationwide gun amnesty began on March 31, 2003, and ran for one month in that period more than 1, 485 firearms and 34, 677 rounds of ammunition were handed in across the Met during the amnesty.