Furthermore, it should benoted that a large proportion of offences are committed using air weapons, whichcan be legally held without a licence.The firearm certificatestatus of the accused in firearms offences are shown in the following table:Crimes and OffencesInvolving Firearms, 1997-98 to 2006-07: by Certificate Status of Accused,Firearms Certificate Status of Accused Year All Holds Valid Certificate Certificate Not Required (e.g. air weapon) Certificate Not Held - Stolen weapon Certificate Not Held - Other Weapon Unidentified and not Recovered No Accused Details 1997-98 1,054 12 330 5 97 22 588 1998-99 1,051 13 320 - 115 28 575 1999-2000 975 5 301 - 117 5 547 2000-01 960 6 298 1 125 30 500 2001-02 1,003 4 276 3 105 58 557 2002-03 1,034 8 339 - 52 76 559 2003-04 958 10 231 - 35 110 572 2004-05 1,136 5 323 - 51 49 708 2005-06 1,068 12 336 2 49 57 612 2006-07 1,245 14 575 11 64 50 531 Note:Figures relate to the number of crimes and offences and not the number ofaccused. An accused may...