If you have a knife or a replica gun such as BB gun, pellet gun or air rifle then you are more likely to harm yourself or someone else.

There are several examples in South Yorkshire were young people have lost their life or suffered life changing injuries due to misusing imitation firearms, watch Mark’s story to see the devastating effects of weapons of any kind.

The message is, these items are not toys and you can hand them into any local police station without any further questions being asked.

So you have a knife or imitation gun you want to get rid of? Here is how:

Find your Imitation gun, an empty shoe box, black bag, brown tape, and a pair of scissors

Place the gun inside the black bag ...

Wrap it up and then tape. Try to make sure it doesn’t look too much like a gun...

Place the wrapped and taped imitation gun in the shoe box...

 Secure the box lid...

Then take it down to your local police station and hand it in!