There are guns left by the older generation at home. If they are found, they will not be investigated for legal responsibility. If you don't turn it in after discovery, you will be investigated for criminal responsibility after being discovered by the public security organs, and you will be suspected of illegal possession of guns.
The object of the crime of illegal possession of guns is public safety and the state's management system of guns and ammunition.
The state prohibits any individual from illegally possessing or hiding guns and ammunition.
How many years is the crime of illegal possession of firearms?
The crime of illegal possession of guns shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years. The crime of illegal possession of guns and ammunition refers to the act of misappropriating and hiding guns and ammunition without permission and refusing to hand them over in violation of the regulations on gun control.
Illegal possession refers to the act of actually holding or controlling guns and ammunition and illegally keeping guns and ammunition for others without legal basis, which also belongs to illegal possession; Those who accept the pledge of guns and ammunition and then actually hold or control guns belong to illegal possession of guns and ammunition. Illegal possession is actually a form of illegal possession.
I hope the above questions can help you. If you have other legal questions, please consult a professional lawyer.
Legal basis: Article 128 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Whoever, in violation of the regulations on gun control, illegally holds or hides guns and ammunition shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years.
Persons who are legally equipped with guns for official use illegally rent or lend guns shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Personnel who are legally equipped with guns illegally rent or lend guns, thus causing serious consequences, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph.
Where a unit commits the crimes mentioned in the second and third paragraphs, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph.