THIRTEEN guns were handed in at Farnham police station in the first four-and-a-half days of a nationwide firearms amnesty.
Four shotguns, four air rifles, a Luger handgun, a semi-automatic handgun, two miniature pistols and a starting gun, together with a Gurkha army knife were handed in by owners without fear of prosecution. The weapons were then destroyed.
David Bowden, deputy firearms licensing and explosives manager at Surrey police, who collected the Farnham haul for destruction, said: "It's extremely useful to have them all taken out of circulation because they're perfectly usable.
"We will always get stuff handed in. It surprises me that there's still people that have them after the last amnesty in 1995."
The month-long amnesty began last week. It is believed that many guns may be held by people who don't realise they are illegal, or the weapons have been overlooked and forgotten, or have come into the possession of their present owners through the death of a relative.
Some relatives or friends of those who illegally own a weapon may also want to hand them in.
Surrey police is also holding a knife amnesty which will run in tandem to the firearms surrender.
Nineteen police stations across the Surrey, including Farnham have special knife amnesty bins, close to the front counter in manned stations, where members of the public can dispose of knives and bladed articles. The bins are clearly labelled with directions on how to deposit knives safely.
A total of 708 knives were handed in during the last Surrey police knives amnesty in December 1995, which ran for a month. They included 262 kitchen knives, 123 flick knives, 89 sheath knives and 59 machetes.
All the weapons deposited will be collected at the end of the amnesty and destroyed.
Assistant Chief Constable of Surrey Police Frank Clarke said: "Surrey is the safest county in England, but we can not afford to be complacent about issues such as this. We wholeheartedly support the national amnesty on firearms, as guns kill people."